WVU Today Private philanthropic support is driving timely COVID-19 research by West Virginia University — along with partners at Marshall University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources — that could ultimately save lives in the Mountain State. The ...
WVU Today Picture viral RNA as a single component you can break into one million pieces. Now imagine reassembling those pieces, literally like a jigsaw puzzle. If there’s a chipped corner or if a piece won’t fit as it should, consider that a virus mutation or ...
MORGANTOWN -- There are variant strains of COVID-19 in Monongalia County. That’s the bad news, we know. The good news? The epidemiologists at the Monongalia County Health Department are all over it. And according to county health officer Dr. Lee Smith, that’s no small ...
WVU Today West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming. When health officials confirmed the first three cases of a COVID-19 variant in West Virginia late Friday, they were not surprised. In fact, WVU researchers had, in recent weeks, already formed a partnership with ...
by Faye Flam It’s been about a year since the early coronavirus alarms were raised, and despite a decline in infections, new fears are rising up. New COVID-19 variants are making pessimists worry that an even bigger next wave may be coming. It’s true that the virus is mutating ...