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Sundale sees improvement in number of cases

Residents and employees of the Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care in Morgantown continue to slowly recover from the COVID-19 virus almost a month after the first case was reported, medical director Carl Shrader said Tuesday. Originally 33 people associated with Sundale tested ...

MCHD, WVU respond to virus outbreak; contract tracing in process

West Virginia University said it is working with the Monongalia County Health Department to track down at least a dozen WVU students who tested positive for COVID-19. “MCHD is in the process of tracking all of them down, and we’re assisting in that effort and where we’re needed,” ...

WVU Rockefeller, Oura Health look to predict virus outbreak

The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neurscience Institute, WVU Medicine and smart ring maker Oura Health announced a national study designed to accelerate early detection of the COVID-19 virus symptoms and contagiousness. Leveraging an artificial intelligence-driven predictive model, ...

Aquaculture in Madagascar

This is a story (in part) about droplets. Just not the kind you’re thinking of, in these pandemic days. Two months ago, while the world was on the cusp of the coronavirus, Dan Miller was in Madagascar, doing what he does. It wouldn’t be long before everyone, everywhere, would ...

Food barriers will continue to intensify

As West Virginians remain in self-quarantine to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, it’s getting tougher for low-income residents, or people who live in rural areas to adequately feed themselves, said a West Virginia University public health expert.“We know COVID-19 will ...