MORGANTOWN – In January 2022, WVU Health System President and CEO Albert Wright sat for a work session with the Monongalia County Commission to engage in a “meaningful conversation” about the health system’s longstanding interest in acquiring the property upon which the Monongalia ...
MORGANTOWN – “This is the journey we’re on,” Monongalia County Health Department Executive Director Anthony DeFelice said of MCHD’s sustained effort to achieve accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board. As the word “journey” would suggest, it’s not a quick ...
MORGANTOWN – During Thursday’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Health, County Health Officer Dr. Brian Huggins said 46 stores in West Virginia have sold canisters of the ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula recently tied to a national outbreak of infant botulism. The ...
MORGANTOWN -- Much like a cardiologist, the Morgantown Utility Board is concerned with the intake of fat, oil and grease – and for similar reasons. They tend to gum up the works. As part of the utility board’s NPDES, or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, permitting ...
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 that against what you expect to spend – and hope nothing happens along the way that negatively skews ...
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 the bottom of national health rankings, Monongalia County Health Officer Dr. Brian Huggins said it’s long past time for West ...