Thanks to the West Virginia Department of Health’s (DH) implementation of a new program outlining protocols for whole blood transfusions on ambulances across the state, West Virginians will be able to receive greater emergency care with an increased likelihood of positive outcomes for ...
According to Mayo Clinic, 1855 saw the first-ever vaccination requirement for students attending public schools in Massachusetts, and other states soon followed with their own vaccine mandates. At the time, this was a requirement of the vaccine against smallpox, a disease that the CDC states ...
MORGANTOWN -- Throughout his decade-long tenure as Monongalia County’s health officer, Dr. Lee Smith has consistently excoriated Charleston over its attitude toward and support for the state’s local health departments. Fitting then that the issue came up Thursday, during Smith’s ...