MORGANTOWN — In the best of times, annual budgets are uncertain. They’re well-educated guesses – estimates, if you prefer the term. You look at what you expect to get, weigh […]
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Dr. Huggins: MCHD to lead community health promotion effort
MORGANTOWN — As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. As a public health leader in a state that perpetually finds itself at […]
Health department sees first direct impact of federal funding upheaval
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Health Department Chief Financial Officer Devan Smith was prepared to come into Thursday morning’s board of health meeting and report MCHD was so-far unscathed by the […]
MCHD watching federal, state funding closely
MORGANTOWN — Over the course of about 12 days in January, the Monongalia County Health Department followed along as news out of Charleston, then Washington, cast uncertainty on two of […]
School vaccination mandate could threaten state’s top marks
MORGANTOWN — According to Monongalia County Health Officer Dr. Brian Huggins, West Virginia is one of very few states – regardless of political leanings – that hasn’t seen a significant […]
Health officials and COVID: Be cognizant and considerate
Will this past weekend in north-central West Virginia be the one that turns out to be a super-spreader for COVID? That’s what Ed Abbott of the Monongalia County Health Department […]
MCHD looking at facilities ‘for the next 50 years’
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 […]
MCHD’s Huggins: Rise of Lyme disease warrants greater response
MORGANTOWN — “Just looking at the graph, it’s pretty shocking. We’ve been saying all along that if COVID never came around, we’d be focused on Lyme disease. New cases are […]
God’s work: Smile Express going the extra mile for West Virginia’s kids
MORGANTOWN — Since September 2018, the Monongalia County Health Department’s mobile dental clinic known as Smile Express has delivered preventative dental care to more than 1,700 students in 63 schools […]
Smith breaks down MCHD response to measles in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — A little over a month ago, a Monongalia County resident developed the first confirmed case of measles in West Virginia since 2009. The response from the Monongalia County […]
