MORGANTOWN — As cold weather and flu season approaches, Gov. Jim Justice and his team have been encouraging residents to get their COVID boosters and their flu shots. WVU Medicine's Michael Stevens, system healthcare epidemiologist, says it's important to talk about the flu and flu ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that originally ran Feb. 3, 2022. For more information on the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine and where to get it, visit https://www.vaccines.gov/. There has been much debate about the efficacy of vaccine-induced immunity vs. ...
MORGANTOWN — COVID numbers in West Virginia and across the nation are improving, but it's too soon to relax, Gov. Jim Justice and his team said Monday. The numbers: 1,850 active cases; 1,223 new cases; 298 hospitalized; 49 in ICUs; and 18 on ventilators. Commenting on the hospital ...
MORGANTOWN – Active COVID cases and hospital numbers are dipping slightly but Gov. Jim Justice and his team warned that West Virginia is not over the hump yet. The state has just seen a round of fairs and festivals, and kids are back in school, Justice said. “The odds of this thing ...
MORGANTOWN — The omicron booster and lake-building were the primary themes of Tuesday's COVID briefing, but Gov. Jim Justice opened on a tragic note. Among the 23 new COVID-related deaths Justice read was a 13-year-old girl from Nicholas County. “This is the youngest COVID death that ...
Regular readers may have noticed we no longer display COVID-19 case numbers on the front page, nor do we include vaccine/testing information on A-2. The explanation for the latter is the simplest, so we’ll start there. In early June, Gov. Jim Justice announced the state would scale back ...