by Sarah E. Wagner, Roy R. Grinker and Joel C. Kuipers In New York City, a woman opens her laptop to a bar graph showing the number of COVID-19 deaths nationwide each month in 2021 and fixes her gaze on April. She tells a researcher: “My mother is one of them.” The graph helps her ...
Of the more than a million Americans who have died because of COVID-19, 7,001 were West Virginians. Gov. Jim Justice announced the “milestone that none of us want to celebrate in any way,” at one of his most-recent press conference and noted the true number may be higher ...
Ask Donna Talerico what her plans are for summer vacation, and the deputy superintendent of Monongalia County’s school district will just laugh. While she tells you that her “summer” vacation traditionally hits sometime in the fall — after students are back and settled in for the ...
by Faye Flam Fewer than half of eligible Americans have received a third COVID vaccine shot despite clear evidence of its benefit. That booster shot improves your odds of avoiding even mild omicron. So why haven’t more people gotten it? One reason may be that we’re all over map ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE SOUTH CHARLESTON, — West Virginia State Parks were bursting at the seams for the first official weekend of the summer season. Officials expect no let up as summer sets in. State Parks Chief Brad Reed said nearly all cabins and campgrounds in the state were booked for ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice said on Monday he should have a decision on a gas tax holiday by his next press briefing, which will probably be Wednesday. He also sounded off on a Wallet Hub Survey where the state fared poorly, and on gun control measures. His briefings are ...