MORGANTOWN - As of noon Friday, the Monongalia County Health Department said there are six known local cases, and one hospitalization, involving cyclosporiasis, the parasitic infection causing explosive diarrhea and other symptoms across much of the country. That’s up from two ...
MORGANTOWN – During Thursday’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Health, County Health Officer Dr. Brian Huggins said 46 stores in West Virginia have sold canisters of the ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula recently tied to a national outbreak of infant botulism. The ...
MORGANTOWN -- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, more commonly known as H5N1 or bird flu, claimed its first human victim in the United States earlier this month. In the past year, it’s resulted in the deaths of some 145 million birds - largely commercial poultry, most of which were ...
With warmer weather comes the reawakening of West Virginia’s wild and wonderful beauty, from rolling hills dotted in vibrant green trees to the friendly fluttering of butterflies along blossoming trails. After a day spent enjoying this picturesque scene, however, you might find yourself in ...
MORGANTOWN — In West Virginia, 10.6% of the respondents questioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported suffering symptoms of long COVID, also known as post-COVID. That leads the country. The national average was 6.9%. In West Virginia, 41% of ...
WVU TODAY Gender-diverse youth are at an increased risk of suicide and depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the prevalence of gender diversity is largely unknown — especially in rural areas, where studies of the topic are rare. To fill that ...