BBB Act means lower prescription drug costs I heard an ad on the radio that said that Sen. Manchin supports legislation that would allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, a policy that is currently included in the Build Back Better Act. “It makes no sense at all that we don’t ...
by April L. Raphiou While the world’s scientists are scrambling to unravel the inner workings of the omicron variant, not enough people are talking about the elephant in the room: the southern Africa travel ban that remains in place. When South African scientists identified a new ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia University will not conduct back-to-campus COVID-19 testing for the spring semester. Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Erin Newmeyer confirmed Friday that the university is scaling back its testing and vaccination efforts and will play more of a ...
“We have collectively built a public health machine,” Dr. Lee Smith said Thursday to open his final report as executive director of the Monongalia County Health Department. And now, more than 20 months into the public health baptism by fire known as COVID-19, it’s time for some ...
At Thursday’s press conference, Gov. Jim Justice and his COVID advisors continued to press West Virginians to get vaccinated, and specifically to get booster shots ahead of an expected winter surge. With COVID czar Dr. Clay Marsh absent, it fell to Joint Interagency Task Force Director ...
WVU Today West Virginia University’s spring 2022 semester will begin Jan. 10, with many of the current COVID-19 campus health and safety protocols remaining in place as health officials monitor the emerging omicron variant. The COVID-19 protocols will be re-evaluated as additional ...