MORGANTOWN — If you’re going to run a county health department, you better know how to get after federal grant dollars. That was abundantly clear during a recent audit report of the Monongalia County Health Department’s 2022 fiscal year, during which Nicholas Ferrari of Ferrari ...
MORGANTOWN — If the purpose of the inspection is to prevent food-borne illness, the focus of the inspection should be on the handling and preparation of food. That, in a nutshell, sums up the new risk-based inspection system for food service establishments being implemented by the ...
MORGANTOWN – Social media abounds with posts questioning the reality and severity of the COVID pandemic, and the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccines. A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey revealed widespread alarm about COVID vaccines: 49% of American adults ...
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 ...