MORGANTOWN — The choices being made locally by public health officials in response to COVID-19 are not taken lightly and are certainly not without consequence. That was the takeaway from an […]
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Residents admitted for COVID reach pandemic high
As the state’s COVID-19 team has warned was likely in the last several briefings, West Virginia has officially hit its highest number of residents hospitalized with the virus to date […]
‘They’re resilient — more so than us’
If today isn’t another snow day, Monongalia County’s sixth-graders will roll up their sleeves for their second COVID shot. “That’s if the weather cooperates,” Deputy Schools Superintendent Donna Talerico told […]
Gaslighting the COVID hyper-cautious
by Jessica Gelt California recorded a million new cases of COVID-19 last week, hospitals are overtaxed and it feels like everybody has omicron — or knows somebody who does — […]
Mon Schools’ vax clinics are ‘keeping COVID at the door,’ district says
The way Donna Talerico sees it, you don’t stop shoring up the perimeter — even though the perimeter has been breached more than once. And you don’t stop pushing, the […]
Omicron continues to ‘run rampant,’ hospitals operating at crisis levels
Gov. Jim Justice, Dr. Clay Mash and Gen. James Hoyer continued their push for vaccinations and boosters in the Mountain State Monday, as hospitalization numbers continue to increase due to […]
WVU Medicine updates vaccine mandate per nationwide CMS ruling
MORGANTOWN — The COVID-19 vaccination mandate for WVU Medicine employees is coming — 135 days later than initially expected. In a Friday message to employees, WVU Health System President and […]
WVU Medicine, Mon Health hospitals to receive National Guard support
MORGANTOWN — Hospitals across the state are availing themselves of National Guard assistance, Gov. Jim Justice and his COVID leadership team announced and discussed regularly at his briefings. That includes […]
A Herculean burden awaits Biden’s response. He’s not stepping up
by Lynn Schmidt The Hydra is an ancient Greek mythical beast, mentioned in the tales of Hercules, that was said to have the body of a dragon with many heads, […]
Mon Schools: 359 students out with COVID last week
Last week’s COVID report from Monongalia County schools has some pandemic sticker-shock attached to it, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said. Said shock, because 359 students presented with positive diagnoses, he […]
