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When facts cease to matter, consequences do as well

My brother-in-law died of hogwash. Another brother-in-law, a sister-in-law, two daughters-in-law, two cousins and several grandchildren are all recovering from hogwash. My wife spent a week in the hospital with hogwash. I tested positive for hogwash, but had few symptoms. “Hogwash,” ...

Mon Health plans day to remember

Newsroom@DominionPost.com This week marks one year since Mon Health System admitted its first patient at Mon Health Medical Center with COVID-19.  On Thursday, the hospital system will observe a moment of silence and a day of remembrance to reflect on the past year, mourn the lives ...

Tale of Orpheus and Eurydice: ‘Close’ isn’t enough

Some stories withstand the test of time better than others, and the ones that last the longest usually teach us something — about the world, about what it means to be human. Today, we’re reaching far back, into the myths of Ancient Greece, for the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus, ...

Name confusion leads to vaccine cancellations

MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia University and WVU Medicine sound similar, but they are two separate entities. And that caused a lot of confusion with people who wanted to register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine last week. On March 12, WVU sent an email saying it was gauging interest from ...

Justice opens door for more to get vaccinated

Gov. Jim Justice opened the doors Monday for more West Virginians who have pre-existing medical conditions to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with the goal of having almost all state residents vaccinated by May 1. People 16 and older with chronic conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, high ...

Lessons from the Pandemic

WVU Today  Under the quiet surface of near-stilled campuses over the past year, West Virginia University researchers, faculty and administrators have scrambled to learn more about COVID-19 and mitigate its spread, calculated how to teach online and hybrid classes and figured out how ...