MORGANTOWN – The CDC on Tuesday approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 and Gov. Jim Justice celebrated the news during his Wednesday briefing with an on-air vaccination. Dr. Jessica McColley, with Cabin Creek Health Systems, appeared with her son, Jacob Thomas, 7. ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice acknowledged on Monday that the end of COVID-19 isn't on the horizon. “I really don't believe it's going away,” he said. For the foreseeable future, he said, people may need to keep getting vaccine boosters every six months. “If that's the worst that ...
MORGANTOWN – COVID-19 czar Dr. Clay Marsh offered an update on Pfizer vaccines for kids during Friday's COVID briefing from the governor's office. Following the FDA's approval of the vaccine for ages 5-11, Marsh said the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is set to meet ...
MORGANTOWN – In the wake of the vaccine exemption bill the state Legislature passed last week, and soon-expected vaccine mandates from OSHA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, WVU Medicine and Mon Health System have has moved the date for their employee vaccine ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice and his team shared the news that boosters will now be offered for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines. COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh said the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has clarified the FDA's earlier approval for ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia could grow by three new counties if a request from several Maryland legislators comes to fruition. Gov. Jim Justice said during a Friday virtual announcement that the legislators from Garrett, Allegany, and Washington counties recently wrote a pair of letters ...