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Mon Schools report 34 COVID cases among its students last week

MORGANTOWN — A total of 34 students tested positive across Monongalia County’s school district last week, officials reported. That went with the six positive diagnoses for the contagion presented by staffers during the return to class after Thanksgiving break. The steady trickle of ...

Network urges flu vaccination amid pandemic

Newsroom@DominionPost.com As COVID-19 cases rise nationwide once more, there is concern about seasonal flu coinciding with the pandemic, affecting the health of West Virginians and worsening the strain on West Virginia’s health care system. To protect yourself and your loved ones from ...

Have a healthy holiday season

What’s on your holiday to-do list? Shopping? Meal planning? Decorations? How about a flu vaccine? Monongalia County Health Department recommends getting a flu shot no later than late October or early November, so that the inoculation will reach full effectiveness before families and ...

WVU Health System announces leadership changes

The West Virginia University Health System will be seeing a few changes in leadership as it heads into the new year. Albert L. Wright Jr., president and CEO of WVU Health System, WVU Medicine and WVU Hospitals, shared the news with staff in a letter Friday.  Wright said the new ...