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‘We can treat whatever walks through the door’

Capito checks on neighborhood hospital WHITE HALL —– It was a busy day in the neighborhood Monday morning, in this bustling commercial district just south of Fairmont in outlying Marion County. Bulldozers and dump trucks moved earth in and around the under-construction Middletown ...

COVID tracking efforts emphasize need for investment in public health

WVU Today While most people go years without needing the smoke detectors in their homes, they would never choose to get rid of a device that saves lives and prevents injury in the event of an emergency. But that’s often what happens to public health systems across the country. Dr. ...

Mon Schools: Masks optional (maybe) by mid-January

MORGANTOWN -- Right now, it’s the biggest Maybe in the room for Monongalia County’s school district, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said. The maybe over whether to make masks optional again in school buildings, he said. “Right now, they just want us to keep doing what we’re ...

A look at some of West Virginia’s COVID numbers

MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice's last COVID briefing was Wednesday, and he won't be back to renew his pleas to get vaccinated and to get vaccine boosters until Tuesday. In the meantime, here is a look at some of the numbers that are driving his and his team's constant refrain. Out of ...

Gen. Hoyer urges vaccines as COVID cases surge with onset of winter weather

MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice and his COVID team again cautioned West Virginians to take precautions against COVID as winter weather sets in. Joint Interagency Task Force Director James Hoyer said the Rt rate – the estimated measure of virus spread – has been rising for the past 10 ...