MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County students from 5 to 11 years of age will have the opportunity to roll up their sleeves for the COVID vaccine this coming week. The first-time doses will be given at Mon’s 10 elementary schools, Deputy Superintendent of Schools Donna Talerico said. “We ...
MORGANTOWN — COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh again pushed vaccine boosters during Wednesday's COVID briefing. He noted some new data from Israel, where Pfizer has been the primary vaccine, showing the booster can be effective for as long as nine to 10 months, where the original two-dose vaccine ...
It’s hard to find an off-ramp when COVID is still behind the wheel. That was the direction the Monongalia County Board of Education took Tuesday night after a parent asked when the masks might come off for students in the district. Donna Talerico, the district’s deputy ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice is kicking off Do It For Babydog Round 3, aimed at kids ages 5-18, he said Monday. “This is our campaign to try to incentive the youngest of the youngest … to get vaccinated,” he said. Registration begins Tuesday, Nov. 9, he said, with the first ...
After a fall surge even worse than last winter, West Virginia’s COVID-19 cases are finally trending down — for now. As the Associated Press recently reported, West Virginia has gone from first to worst in vaccination rates. Without widespread vaccination, another surge is sure to ...
by Mona Gahunia On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all children 5 to 11 receive the low-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, clearing the way for shots to begin as early as late last week. Yet a recent Kaiser Family Foundation ...