This week marks the one-year anniversary since Americans began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. It seemed like a light at the end of the tunnel and a great way to end a horrible year. But because it took a few months to offer the vaccine to all age groups, the COVID-19 vaccine wasn’t a ...
The new dad, and his napping baby boy: Most of the time, Zach Evans will just stand there, taking in the miracle that is his son, Luke. Most of the time, the house is quiet – too quiet, after what happened – but this kind of solitude is, well, different. This is silence, that ...
MORGANTOWN – The state has its first official omicron variant case, COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh said Thursday. The CDC notified the state just minutes before Thursday's briefing began, he said, that its surveillance study identified a single omicron case in the state. “We know that the ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine coming to West Virginia, and again joined with his team to urge more vaccines and boosters as new surges appear on the horizon. Justice said that 92.2% of the state's 5,114 COVID-related ...
The coronavirus stayed persistent in Monongalia County schools last week, with 58 students and five staffers testing positive. Another 84 students ended the week in quarantine, the district said. Two staffers were also isolating for safety. The district will again pick up in-school ...
The phrase “grim milestone” has cropped up with such frequency in the last 20 months that it’s beginning to lose its meaning. Because West Virginia surpassed the grime milestone of 5,000 state deaths last week, and barely anyone paused. Nearly 4,000 of those deaths have occurred ...