This week marks the one-year anniversary since Americans began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. It seemed like a light at the end of the tunnel and a great way to end […]
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WVU announces plans for spring 2022 semester
WVU Today West Virginia University’s spring 2022 semester will begin Jan. 10, with many of the current COVID-19 campus health and safety protocols remaining in place as health officials monitor […]
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 […]
WVU to ease some campus protocols
WVU Today As infection and hospitalization rates due to the Delta variant decrease, West Virginia University will lift mask requirements for individuals in some indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status, […]
Dr. Smith: ‘People let their guard down’
Newsroom@DominionPost.com COVID numbers are rising, and one health official says people need to do more to turn that around. COVID-19 testing conducted by Monongalia County Health Department and West Virginia […]
WVU leads rural testing
WVU Today Not all West Virginians have the luxury of popping into a health clinic on a whim to get tested for COVID-19. For the past seven months, the West […]
Mon BOE ready to slide into July’s ‘Summer Avalanche’ enrichment program
Those rumbles you heard during Tuesday’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education were a good thing. BOE members and school administrators discussed particulars of the sprawling “Summer Avalanche” […]
COVID testing held at airport
Even with COVID-19 vaccination efforts, testing is still an important tool in the arsenal to fight the pandemic. This week, instead of going to the WVU Rec Center, individuals who […]
Average age of positive COVID case in West Virginia dips to 34
MORGANTOWN — With more and more of West Virginia’s elderly population vaccinated every day, COVID-19 is changing tack. That was the message delivered by West Virginia COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh. […]
MCHD epidemiologists tracking COVID variants
MORGANTOWN — There are variant strains of COVID-19 in Monongalia County. That’s the bad news, we know. The good news? The epidemiologists at the Monongalia County Health Department are all […]
