MORGANTOWN – West Virginia is one of a small handful of states showing a decrease in the percentage of overdose deaths from March 2021 through March 2022. The data comes from a CDC report and was announced by the state Department of Health and Human Resources on Wednesday. The CDC report ...
Monongalia County Health Department has received its first shipment of the JYNNEOS vaccine, which has emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to inoculate individuals against monkeypox. MCHD Clinical Services will hold a monkeypox vaccine clinic on ...
MORGANTOWN — After two years on the sidelines, the flu is once again ready for primetime, with COVID-19 precautions cast in a supporting role. During Thursday’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Health, County Health Officer Dr. Lee Smith said public health officials are ...
MORGANTOWN — When it comes to the state’s 2022 county health rankings, it’s a good news, bad news situation. Monongalia County is No. 1 in a state that’s ... decidedly not. That, in a nutshell, is how Monongalia County Health Department Epidemiologist Luke Moore explained ...
MORGANTOWN — “I never want to push my agenda or my way of thinking on people, but I will say … If you haven’t had your shot, you should consider it.” Before vaccines were available, Clarksburg Mayor Jimmy Marino contracted COVID and spent weeks in the hospital. Marino said the ...
MORGANTOWN — In terms of facilities, the short-term plan for the Monongalia County Health Department is to work with the county commission to address urgent issues with its aging buildings. The long-term plan, move. During a recent meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Health, ...