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 ...
Try quinoa stuffed acorn squash for a cozy autumn comfort recipe By Natalie MeriwetherMCHD WIC It’s officially the heart of the fall, and we know everyone is excited for pumpkin patches and Halloween. Here in the WIC Kitchen, the most exciting part of the season is new comfort ...
On my way to work earlier this week, I obeyed traffic laws and stopped for a pedestrian — who appeared to be a WVU student. She had activated the crosswalk lights at the intersection of Falling Run and University Avenue and watched as cars continued to zip by her. Only after I stopped ...
Augmenting radiation training, skills intended to help Mon Co. Newsroom@DominionPost.com Dr. Lee B. Smith spent five days in late June, dosimeter in hand, measuring radiation levels inside the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine and the surrounding area, known as ...