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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 precautions, including washing their hands, social distancing, avoiding large gatherings and wearing a ...

How local prisons are coping with the ongoing pandemic

As the pandemic continues to affect inmates and workers at U.S. Bureau of Prisons facilities in Preston and Monongalia counties, staff at both are coping without additional manpower or compensation. By the numbers  According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, as of Thursday, USP ...

Answers to your COVID questions

This is the first  in a four-part series of FAQs provided by WVU Medicine. Because of length, we are publishing the questions and answers in four parts. Part 2 is available HERE.  Newsroom@DominionPost.com As access to the coronavirus vaccine begins to make its way through the ...

On the front line

Meet some of the health care workers fighting against virus The numbers are not pretty at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, WVU Medicine’s flagship hospital. Since the start of  COVID-19 last March, 140 patients have died from the virus or a COVID-related cause at the health care ...

BOE members consider parents’ feedback

Letters regarding Justice’s return to school plan roll in KINGWOOD — Preston County’s board of education members are getting plenty of feedback on the governor’s proposal that students return to in-person learning. And the governor is flunking in those comments, they say. They ...