WVU Today Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Americans start doubling up on masks. The new guidelines suggest a cloth mask or […]
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Beating the Resistance
WVU Today Antibiotic resistance is not exclusively a health issue. It’s a national security threat, as the Department of Defense tapped a team of West Virginia University […]
Doc talks vaccine, pregnancy
OB/GYN gives insight into safety precautions, risks WVU Medicine Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant patients have been advised to be extra vigilant about safety […]
Vaccine 411
WVU works to gather info on what W.Va. residents want to know WVU Today The first shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in West Virginia Dec. […]
Commissioners want plans in place for vaccine distribution
With already surging COVID-19 numbers, the potential complications of the onset of flu season and the prospect of a vaccine on the horizon, members of the Monongalia […]
Be Safe on Halloween
Plans vary for celebrating the spooky holiday this year by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com Trick-or-treating is an annual October occurrence that many children and even parents look forward to. […]
Study tracks mask usage
Data collection started Oct. 5, runs through Nov. 22 WVU Today The rate of COVID-19 positivity among young adults has been higher than other age groups during […]
Preston health department says if you trick or treat, follow CDC guidelines
KINGWOOD — If you’re going to join in trick or treating, follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. That was Preston Health Department Director V.J. […]
Harvard researcher criticizes West Virginia COVID map while CDC copies it
MORGANOTWN — A Harvard University professor has criticized West Virginia’s color-coded COVID map while the U.S. CDC has copied it. The two bits of news on Friday, […]
Clay Marsh gives perspective on CDC easing COVID testing guidance
MORGANTOWN — COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh on Wednesday addressed some confusion the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has caused by changing its guidance for COVID-19 testing. Rather […]