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Rapid HIV tests offered at health department clinic

As with many tasks in life, when it comes to HIV testing, the waiting is sometimes the hardest part. That’s one reason why Dec. 1 will be a convenient time to get an HIV test at Monongalia County Health Department at the Access for All Clinic. Participants will be offered the chance ...

Community class teaches healthy eating from value stores

Belinda Nicholas is on a mission - a mission to show people that eating healthy is possible with items found at local value stores.   Nicholas is a Nutrition Outreach Instructor with WVU Extension Services and has started teaching a class on how to do exactly that. “What ...

Justice: FDA OKs booster for all 18 and up

MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice happily noted that the FDA expanded COVID vaccine booster eligibility on Friday – a message he'd been trying to get across for the past few weeks. “Hopefully the encouragement that we have given from West Virginia maybe helped move the needle a little ...

Masks optional when Preston County returns to school

KINGWOOD -- Masks will be optional for students and staff alike in all 10 of Preston County’s schools when they return from Thanksgiving break Nov. 29.  Preston County Schools made the announcement on its website Friday, when it released the weekly COVID-19 numbers for each ...

Mon school district begins vaccinating its youngest students against COVID

MORGANTOWN -- At first glance, it appeared the student was cradling her arm, oh-so-gingerly. But an obvious grin was crinkling up from under her face mask, and she was waggling her fingers for all to see. Her teacher was delighted. “Carley, you did it!” the Ridgedale Elementary ...