What a difference a year makes. Last January, just ahead of the 2020 state legislative session, Monongalia County Health Department implored our state legislators not to weaken West Virginia’s vaccination laws, which are among the most stringent in our nation. Now, from where we sit, ...
BRIDGEPORT - West Virginia School of Nursing said Tuesday it will open a branch campus in the new $23 million addition under construction at United Health Center in Bridgeport by spring 2023. Tara Hulsey, WVU School of Nursing’s vice president of Health Promotion and Wellness and dean of ...
Health care systems, county, health dept. team up to be ready when doses available MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County’s two major health care systems – WVU Medicine and Mon Health – teamed up with the country and the county health department to form a supersized COVID-19 vaccination ...
Helps to organize shots to W.Va. schools’ teachers, staff, bus drivers WVU Today As West Virginia primary and secondary school students prepare for in-person instruction this week, an associate professor in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy is organizing the effort ...
OB/GYN gives insight into safety precautions, risks WVU Medicine Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant patients have been advised to be extra vigilant about safety precautions, including washing their hands, social distancing, avoiding large gatherings and wearing a ...
Meet some of the health care workers fighting against virus The numbers are not pretty at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, WVU Medicine’s flagship hospital. Since the start of COVID-19 last March, 140 patients have died from the virus or a COVID-related cause at the health care ...