Parents of Monongalia County middle school and high school students have until Feb. 18 to register their children for booster shots across the district to close out […]
Tag: Omicron variant
Smith: Despite falling COVID numbers, the importance of vaccination remains
MORGANTOWN — It’s been some time since Monongalia County Health Department Medical Director Dr. Lee Smith got to deliver some positive news. Reset the counter. “The most […]
BA.2, the omicron variant’s variant, confirmed in state
As Dr. Clay Marsh pointed out during Friday’s COVID-19 briefing, one should never underestimate this virus and its ability to mutate. Proving that point, Gov. Jim Justice […]
Gaslighting the COVID hyper-cautious
by Jessica Gelt California recorded a million new cases of COVID-19 last week, hospitals are overtaxed and it feels like everybody has omicron — or knows somebody […]
Gov. Justice returns after COVID bout, renews call for vaccines, boosters
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice returned to the Capitol on Monday following his bout with COVID-19 and talked a bit about this experience with the virus and […]
Just what the doctor didn’t order: An automatic ER run if you test positive for COVID
The omicron variant of COVID-19 these days just might be like that one wayward uncle of yours who always seems to show up — uninvited — at […]
As omicron surges, we must talk about triage
by Andreas Kluth At some point after he became chief surgeon in Napoleon’s army, Dominique Jean Larrey started walking across blood-soaked battlefields to pick out those among […]
County COVID cases ‘through the roof,’ outbreaks in nursing, daycare facilities
MORGANTOWN — When it comes to discussion of COVID-19 infection rates, the phrase “through the roof” doesn’t exactly paint an encouraging picture. Unfortunately, County Health Officer Dr. […]
Mon’s schools ‘as normal as can be right now,’ senior says
MORGANTOWN — You get your “normal” where you can, Liam O’Connor said Wednesday. “Yeah, this is really on the downward slide now,” the Morgantown High School student […]
With omicron growing, Justice urges West Virginians: ‘We’re not going to become numb’
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice took a slightly different twist in his Tuesday COVID briefing, addressing the burnout and seeming complacence among the populace even as a […]
