MORGANTOWN – The state has its first official omicron variant case, COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh said Thursday. The CDC notified the state just minutes before Thursday's briefing began, he said, that its surveillance study identified a single omicron case in the state. “We know that the ...
WHITE HALL – A bit of cardiac convergence was in the neighborhood here Tuesday morning. At 8:17 a.m., to be precise. That was when the doors of Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital opened – so an elderly man could walk in. “Now,” hospital administrator Kelly Zimmerman ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine coming to West Virginia, and again joined with his team to urge more vaccines and boosters as new surges appear on the horizon. Justice said that 92.2% of the state's 5,114 COVID-related ...
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Health Department is a grant-driven organization. But the typical setup sees federal funds pass through the state, which steers them to the health department. In the case of a $1 million Health Resources & Services Administration grant, however, ...
The coronavirus stayed persistent in Monongalia County schools last week, with 58 students and five staffers testing positive. Another 84 students ended the week in quarantine, the district said. Two staffers were also isolating for safety. The district will again pick up in-school ...
WVU Medicine Surgeons at WVU Medicine are helping to restore something that is essential for healing — pain. In most circumstances, physicians aim to alleviate pain, but for patients who have nerve damage leading to the eye, pain is essential to the preservation of their vision. The ...
