Monongalia County’s middle school students will roll up their sleeves for the COVID vaccine beginning Wednesday, May 19. The first round of Pfizer shots are being administered to that 12-to-15-year age group, from 12:30-2:45 p.m., at Suncrest Middle School. South Middle students will ...
MORGANTOWN -- Parents and guardians of children ages 12 to 15 are encouraged to make an appointment for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine following the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s expansion Monday of emergency use authorization to that cohort. Appointments can be made at ...
The push is on. Monongalia County school officials are already moving in anticipation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s likely approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children 12 to 15 years old. Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said around 400 children in that age range have ...
by David Fickling To judge by the headlines, you’d think the most critical immunization issue facing the world is the safety and hesitancy concerns over the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. That debate is genuinely important. Still, it shouldn’t distract from the ...
There are Mountaineers all over the world. Including James Shirey, who has worked for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer since 1991. In October 2019 he was named vice-president, global sterile injectables quality. He leads 3,200 people at 12 locations around the world. Wednesday evening, he ...
COVID-19 deaths continue to decline in West Virginia, with nine people dying since Friday, but no deaths from Sunday to Monday, Gov. Jim Justice said Monday during his regular press briefing on the pandemic and the state’s efforts to eradicate the virus. “And no one in the last 24 ...