As with many tasks in life, when it comes to HIV testing, the waiting is sometimes the hardest part. That’s one reason why Dec. 1 will be a convenient time to get an HIV test at Monongalia County Health Department at the Access for All Clinic. Participants will be offered the chance ...
WIC kitchen cooks up a holiday favorite By Natalie MeriwetherMCHD WIC Now that Halloween has come and gone, we are really getting into the spirit of the holiday season. If you’re anything like us here at Monongalia County Health Department’s WIC program, then you’re almost as ...
MCHD provides free dental services to uninsured adults Newsroom@DominionPost.com Taking a cue from MCHD Dentistry’s annual Give Kids a Smile, MCHD Healthy Smiles Day will once again provide a free cleaning and checkup for adults 18 years and older who do not have dental ...
More than a year and a half into the pandemic, a lot of us have probably picked up some habits — or maybe a few pounds — that we didn’t possess pre-pandemic. Or maybe some of your existing habits got worse. And now we are facing the holidays, the start of the colder and darker ...
Thanks to grant award by Highmark Newsroom@DominionPost.com Monongalia County Health Department Dentistry will soon be expanding by about 50%, from five to seven operatories, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health. After Medicaid ...
As we head into our second flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials are waiting to see what will transpire. Will there be a twindemic? Will mask wearing and social distancing pay off by giving us a lighter flu season, although that’s not a given now that mask mandates ...