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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 ...

Dr. Smith: ‘People let their guard down’

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  COVID numbers are rising, and one health official says people need to do more to turn that around. COVID-19 testing conducted by Monongalia County Health Department and West Virginia University more than doubled Friday compared to the week before, rising ...

WVU leads rural testing

WVU Today Not all West Virginians have the luxury of popping into a health clinic on a whim to get tested for COVID-19. For the past seven months, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute has helped ramp up COVID-19 testing throughout the state via mobile vans and ...

Delta variant of COVID signals the pandemic not over in W.Va.

Two weeks ago, West Virginia COVID-19 Czar Dr. Clay Marsh warned that a newer and potentially more dangerous variant of the virus would soon arrive here. “We’re approaching a yellow light,” Marsh said June 16. “A yellow light is the risk of a new variant coming to West ...

COVID testing held at airport

Even with COVID-19 vaccination efforts, testing is still an important tool in the arsenal to fight the pandemic. This week, instead of going to the WVU Rec Center, individuals who want to get a COVID-19 test  Monday or Friday can go to Morgantown Municipal Airport, where testing will ...