As summer winds down and students gear up for the next school year, Mon Health’s Primary Care providers share information to ensure students are healthy and back-to-school ready. Well-child visits are a practical way to ensure that your student is at their healthiest before school ...
As the new school year approaches, the West Virginia Department of Health (DH) underscores the importance of ensuring students are up to date on their immunizations. Vaccines are one of the most important ways to protect children from diseases, and they are especially ...
A coalition of education and healthcare organizations has been coordinating to encourage Gov. Jim Justice to veto a bill that would loosen some vaccination standards in West Virginia schools. “We previously joined other healthcare providers across the state to express our opposition to ...
by Abraar Karan and Julie Parsonnet The measles virus is resurging in the U.S. despite the long-standing availability of a vaccine that provides nearly life-long immunity. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people were exposed to a child with the virus in a Northern California health ...
If private and parochial schools are allowed to set their own immunization policies under new legislation, West Virginia’s Catholic schools would continue to abide by existing standards. “We’re not going to change our practice. We will be requiring the normal set of immunizations for ...
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said he’s normally not one to take a public stance on the various bills being debated in Charleston. Wednesday was an exception. He said the expansion of House Bill 5105 to allow parents to opt out of vaccination ...