MORGANTOWN — The ability of hospitals across the state to handle the latest COVID surge is significantly reduced, said Joint Interagency Task Force Director Gen. James Hoyer during Tuesday’s briefing from the governor’s office. During the same briefing, Gov. Jim Justice offered some ...
MORGANTOWN – Supply-chain problems have been a daily topic of discussion during the pandemic. But a reader's difficulties in getting a refill on a simple and inexpensive medication led The Dominion Post to learn that drug shortages are not uncommon, or new. The medication in question ...
MORGANTOWN – Active COVID cases took a steady rise from the end of April to mid-May, soaring from 809 on April 30 to 2,570 on May 21. Since then the number has dipped a bit, to 2,117 Thurs morning. So vaccines and boosters occupied a portion of Gov. Jim Justice's Thursday briefing. The ...
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 the month. The dosages will be administered for students 12 and older during the in-school clinics, which will run Feb. ...
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 important thing that we’re seeing is that the case rate has dropped. The numbers are going down, fairly ...
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 announced the first confirmed cases of BA.2 in the state — that’s the omicron variant’s variant. The first ...