WVU Today The earliest wave of COVID-19 spared much of rural America, striking people who live in urban areas with far more frequency. The latest surge was different, however. Nonmetropolitan COVID cases outpaced metropolitan ones. So did overall COVID mortality rates. According to new ...
MORGANTOWN — With winter on its way — temps are expected to dip into the 30s as early as this weekend, with snow flurries in the forecast — along with holiday travel and get-togethers, West Virginia could be in for a “catastrophe” if more people don’t get vaccinated and get their ...
MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County students from 5 to 11 years of age will have the opportunity to roll up their sleeves for the COVID vaccine this coming week. The first-time doses will be given at Mon’s 10 elementary schools, Deputy Superintendent of Schools Donna Talerico said. “We ...
MORGANTOWN — COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh again pushed vaccine boosters during Wednesday's COVID briefing. He noted some new data from Israel, where Pfizer has been the primary vaccine, showing the booster can be effective for as long as nine to 10 months, where the original two-dose vaccine ...
It’s hard to find an off-ramp when COVID is still behind the wheel. That was the direction the Monongalia County Board of Education took Tuesday night after a parent asked when the masks might come off for students in the district. Donna Talerico, the district’s deputy ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice is kicking off Do It For Babydog Round 3, aimed at kids ages 5-18, he said Monday. “This is our campaign to try to incentive the youngest of the youngest … to get vaccinated,” he said. Registration begins Tuesday, Nov. 9, he said, with the first ...