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W.Va. among the nation’s worst. What else is new?

West Virginia passed a grim milestone Thursday: We surpassed 3,000 deaths in the Mountain State. It’s hard to believe six months ago, West Virginia had one of the best vaccination rates in the world. A U.K. report from February said if we were a country, we could have ranked in the top ...

A look at what ‘mild COVID’ was like for me

by Rebekah Maher When I woke up with pressure in my sinuses and a sore throat the morning of July 27, I was convinced it was a sinus infection. After all, my husband and I were vaccinated back in April with both doses of Pfizer. I didn’t have a fever, I didn’t have a cough, and ...

Nursing home concerned how vaccine mandate will impact staffing

MORGANTOWN — The Biden administration announced Wednesday a new mandate that would present an ultimatum to several long-term care nursing homes: get employees vaccinated or lose federal funding.  Now, nursing facilities which serve Medicare and Medicaid enrollees are alarmed by what ...

Health officer addresses vaccination question

MORGANTOWN — Receiving a COVID-19 vaccination will not prevent you from getting COVID-19. Despite months of talk about population vaccination percentages and returning to a semblance of normalcy post-poke, the latest talking points surrounding vaccines have shifted somewhat — from ...