department of health Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/department-of-health/ Morgantown Area News Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:59:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.dominionpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-81287318_3042289439136500_6974497821747576832_n-32x32.png department of health Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/department-of-health/ 32 32 West Virginia leads the country with new emergency blood transfusion program https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/31/west-virginia-leads-the-country-with-new-emergency-blood-transfusion-program/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:33:56 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=353792 Thanks to the West Virginia Department of Health’s (DH) implementation of a new program outlining protocols for whole blood transfusions on ambulances across the state, West Virginians will be able […]

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]]> DHHR emphasizes vaccine requirements for school year in light of recent measles case https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/20/dhhr-emphasizes-vaccine-requirements-for-school-year-in-light-of-recent-measles-case/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:05:49 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=352671 According to Mayo Clinic, 1855 saw the first-ever vaccination requirement for students attending public schools in Massachusetts, and other states soon followed with their own vaccine mandates. At the time, […]

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]]> State reports avian flu case https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/02/23/state-reports-avian-flu-case/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:35:05 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=324419 CHARLESTON — An avian flu case has been confirmed in Kanawha County. The state Department of Health said it’s the first case of avian flu, H5N1, in a non-commercial backyard […]

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]]> House Health Committee OKs bill renaming Department of Health and Human Resources https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/01/11/house-health-committee-oks-bill-renaming-department-of-health-and-human-resources/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:31:06 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=318415 MORGANTOWN — With the former Department of Health and Human Resources now trifurcated into three departments, legislators began the process on Thursday of officially naming the new departments. House Health […]

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