MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced late Thursday afternoon that she tested positive for COVID-19. Her statement in full: “As I have routinely tested, today I received a positive COVID-19 test. Thankfully, I am asymptomatic. I have consulted with the Attending Physician ...
MORGANTOWN — It’s been some time since Monongalia County Health Department Medical Director Dr. Lee Smith got to deliver some positive news. Reset the counter. “The most important thing that we’re seeing is that the case rate has dropped. The numbers are going down, fairly ...
Monday marked the first day, and the first week since the pandemic hit, that county schools won’t be undergoing extensive contact tracing among students and staffers when others in the building come down with COVID. Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said he was optimistic the ...
by Jennifer S. Bankston Lately, it seems like not sweating the small stuff is all anyone can handle. And sometimes not even that. I recently watched a man, frustrated by a long line at the pharmacy, ring the bell for service at least 10 times before knocking whatever was on the ...
As Dr. Clay Marsh pointed out during Friday’s COVID-19 briefing, one should never underestimate this virus and its ability to mutate. Proving that point, Gov. Jim Justice announced the first confirmed cases of BA.2 in the state — that’s the omicron variant’s variant. The first ...
There has been much debate about the efficacy of vaccine-induced immunity vs. infection-induced (or “natural”) immunity. While it’s true that getting any virus or infection — in this context, specifically COVID-19 — will cause your body to produce antibodies that can help you fight ...