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Retirement facilities try to get to ‘normal’

Local retirement communities faced hardship at the unexpected onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as they worked to determine the best ways to protect their residents and staff. Now, those same facilities are in better places and are beginning to experience some normalcy reminiscent of what ...

Postcast 74 – June 4, 2021

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Nursing students receive grant

“Mr. Doe” seemed pretty mellow when Jessica Ogaz popped into his room recently to take his vitals. “OK, buddy, let’s see how you’re doing with your BP,” she said, as fitted the blood pressure cuff over her patient’s arm. She pronounced the reading normal for the medical ...

Smith: State vaccine lottery money better spent on public health

MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Health Officer Lee Smith recently offered his opinion on Ohio giving away $1 million in a vaccination incentive lottery. “That is just nails on a chalkboard, because I think if you gave public health $1 million, we’d do a lot better than a flipping ...