August is National Breastfeeding Month, and as new legislation enables more new mothers to pump at work, Monongalia County Health Department WIC counselors have something to celebrate as breastfeeding rates climb higher. The recently enacted Pump Act for Nursing Mothers, known as the ...
MORGANTOWN -- The Monongalia County Health Department has spent 50 years growing into and beyond its two-story brick home at 453 Van Voorhis Road. The end of that run is drawing near. “This building has been here for 50 years. My goal is to get a state-of-the-art facility ...
Dear BOG: WVU’s next president must listen The WVU Board of Governors has launched a webpage for the upcoming presidential search. It suggests that this summer there will be on-campus and statewide “listening sessions” to seek input on qualities/qualifications/attributes for the next ...
It’s not that we don’t like a little down time ourselves, but with six active programs combined with our passion for public health, things don’t seem to be slowing down. There are so many new and exciting opportunities coming soon to MCHD that a roundup of activities seems ...
With the growing popularity of a grant-funded lead-testing pilot program in Harrison County, Monongalia County Health Department’s Women, Infants and Children (MCHD WIC) will be expanding the service into Monongalia and Marion counties, to anyone 1 and older. Harrison County ...
Picture it now. You’re standing in view of the New River Gorge on a fall day, surrounded by the red and golden hues of the trees as a comforting and familiar fog sets in. Or you’re near a stream with a mill spinning water nearby and a field of rhododendrons waving in the ...