MORGANTOWN -- Gov. Jim Justice broke with routine to open his press briefing Monday morning, preempting the regular reading of the latest COVID deaths with two other pieces of business. First, Justice acknowledged the passing of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, remembering him ...
MORGANTOWN—With winter just around the corner, area experts have some concerns of what last year’s mild influenza season might mean for the coming one. “I don't know which way it will be, but I'm worried,” said Dr, Kathryn Moffett, WVU Medicine pediatric infectious disease ...
Health department doing double duty for community The Monongalia County Health Department did double duty Thursday, offering free weekly COVID-19 testing and flu shots to the community at the 4-H Building at Mylan Park. The department conducted 496 COVID tests. Flu season is ...
Features costume parade, movie night, flu shots Newsroom@DominionPost.com With Halloween around the corner, Mon Health System and Mylan Park are teaming up again to provide safe, socially distanced entertainment for families to celebrate the spooky season with an outside ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic moves into the colder weather, health officials are waiting to see what that means for the upcoming influenza season. Will there be a twindemic? Or will all of the mask wearing and social distancing pay off by giving us a lighter flu season? Either way, ...
The first of October, the traditional start of flu season is here, and that begs the question of whether people are reluctant to get a vaccine because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We don’t want a ‘twin-demic’,” said Dr. Ayne Amjad, West Virginia’s state health officer and ...