KINGWOOD — Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital employees donated $700 to help support Food for Preston in the current time of need. The donation comes from a seven-year tradition originating […]
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Trump’s racist comments fueling hate crimes against Asian Americans
Coughing is now a doubly serious concern for Asian Americans. Like everyone else, we’re afraid of contracting the coronavirus. As a racial group, we have an additional fear: Being profiled […]
Department of Education enters partnership with WVPB for new student content
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education entered into a partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to deliver student engagement content for West Virginia students amid the COVID-19 school […]
The muddled messages on face masks
A friend called the other day to let me know that she’d heard a hardware store in downtown Chicago had N95 masks in stock. They were selling them two for […]
Pandemic takes an emotional toll as well
End of life practices have to be changed, making closure hard The economic impact of COVID-19 can be seen through data, but it’s also taking an emotional toll on some […]
A plan to prevent congressional insider trading
On Jan. 24, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., attended a private Senate briefing on the coronavirus, which featured Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert. By mid-February, Burr had […]
The Right Fit
WVU’s Statler College develops new surgical mask extender The Innovation Hub, a prototyping center in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, has […]
Coronavirus exposes weaknesses in health care laws
Suffering severe pain and bleeding triggered by premature labor at 24 weeks, a pregnant woman sought medical care at the nearest facility: LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, Va. Her medical […]
Only partial solution to voting woes
You may have heard, but the West Virginia primary election has been pushed back to June 9. It had already been announced that every eligible voter would receive an application […]
April 5 letters to the editor
Response to letters from Callen and Efaw Michael Callen’s and Larry Efaw’s defense of President Trump’s description of COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus” (DP-03-29-20) contains misstatements of fact to reveal […]
