WVU Today West Virginia University will extend requirements for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask indoors in all WVU System buildings and facilities through Oct. 20, […]
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Crouch: Saving Our Care program to help hospitals through Delta surge expected to cost up to $30M
MORGANTOWN — Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch said Monday that the Saving Our Care program launched to help hospitals and nursing homes stay afloat during the […]
‘And how are the children?’ Not well
The Maasai in Africa greet each other with “Kasserian Ingera” meaning, “And how are the children?” Tribal members, even those without children, respond, “All the children are well,” indicating the […]
COVID-19 booster shot available for high-risk, elderly individuals
MORGANTOWN — COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are available to select populations across the United States, and several locations in the Morgantown and surrounding area are available to distribute it to […]
Justice and Hoyer: State asks Biden for more antibody doses; Marsh reports on new antiviral treatment pill from Merck
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice has sent a letter to President Biden asking him to approve the state’s request for more monoclonal antibody doses, the governor said Friday. “We need […]
Babydog, in the passing lane: Morgantown couple wins ‘Vette as part of vaxx sweepstakes
Mary and Jeff Darnell are like a lot of married couples in that way. That is, they measure the markers of their lives in four-wheeled increments. What they were driving, […]
We’ve let COVID kill more Americans than the 1918 flu pandemic
The United States has reached a devastating milestone: We’ve lost more Americans to COVID-19 than we lost to the influenza pandemic of 1918. As of this writing, over 694,000 people […]
COVID a consistent fact in Mon schools
MORGANTOWN — It was business as usual in Monongalia County schools last week. Students shuffled in for class and teachers worked from their lesson plans. Football teams and marching bands […]
Hospitals are in crisis
It was hard to watch our last home football game. Not just because the Mountaineers almost gave the game away (thank goodness for the defense), but because we watched fans […]
Sept. 26 letters to the editor
Manchin voting on W.Va. youths’ future As a West Virginia resident and person who has family in West Virginia, I unfortunately will have to leave the state unless Sen. Manchin […]
