MORGANTOWN — A $100,000 allocation made by the Monongalia County Commission in December to be distributed as one-time supplemental pay to employees of the Monongalia County Health Department has yet to reach those employees. Further, employees who worked through 2021 but have since left ...
In mid-December, The Dominion Post reported the Monongalia County Health Department was awarded a $1 million Health Resources & Services Administration grant, which it will then be in charge of distributing across Monongalia, Marion, Preston, Harrison, Taylor and possibly Barbour ...
Last week, public health nurses with the Monongalia County Health Department underwent LGBTQ+ “safe zone” training. The adjacent term “safe space” is too often met with eyerolls and derision, but there should be no safer space than a doctor’s office. But for members of the ...
Local health officials said while the state of West Virginia is in a better place now regarding the COVID-19 pandemic than it was at the beginning of the year, residents should still be cautious, especially concerning emerging variants. Vaccines come to West Virginia Dr. Clay Marsh, ...
Those who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, or are in the process of becoming fully vaccinated, have come into possession of a CDC COVID-19 vaccination card. The white card is filled out with the vaccine receiver’s personal information, as well as the date on which the vaccine was ...
The Monongalia County Board of Health would like the county health department to start compiling all available data on severe COVID cases and deaths in our area, looking especially at commonalities so we can have a better understanding of whom the disease affects most and why. Mon County ...