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MCHD-Grindr campaign wins national award

Services teamed up to warn about syphilis outbreaks in area Newsroom@DominionPost.com  When Monongalia County Health Department was alerted to a syphilis outbreak in spring 2019, Dr. Lee B. Smith, MCHD’s executive director and county health officer, wanted to put into practice an ...

Golden Rule for businesses — the COVID-19 remix

The Golden Rule for businesses, COVID-remix: Treat other businesses’ employees the way you would want other businesses to treat your employees.The lists have been circulating on social media of local businesses where an employee or customer has tested positive for COVID-19. We respect the ...

Mon COVID-19 cases jump nearly 62% in past 5 days

In the past five days, Monongalia County has seen its COVID-19 cases jump by almost 62%. Since July 1, there have been 100 new cases, up 61.7% — for a current tally of 262. The spike accounts for 38.2% of all cases recorded in Monongalia County since the first positive case was announced ...

Wear a mask now, get July 4 fun next year

Well, here we are.  It’s Fourth of July weekend, and people want to think about fun in the sun and how great America is. And, sure, it would be ideal if Monongalia County Health Department thought the best use of this space would be how to grill safely or making sure pools are ...

At least 10 WVU students test positive for COVID-19

 WVU Today  At least 10 of Monongalia County’s 13 new COVID-19 cases Thursday are confirmed to be  WVU students. According to a release issued by the university at about 7:45 p.m. Thursday, several of those students are known to have been on the WVU Health Sciences ...

Postcast 26 – July 3, 2020

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