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Air conditioning interruption at Health Sciences Center
UPDATE (7/1): All air conditioning chillers have been repaired and are now operating properly. Temperatures will return to normal in Health Sciences if they have not already. Thank you for your patience!
Telehealth pilot program shows promise in helping former nursing home, long-term care facility residents remain safe and healthy in their homes
Transitioning home after a stay in a nursing home or long-term care facility can be a difficult experience, oftentimes leading to hospitalization or reinstitution. But preliminary results from a new West Virginia University Office of Health Affairs pilot program shows that telehealth can help these individuals remain healthy and happy in their own communities.
WVU in the News: Improved medical screening in PFAS-impacted communities to identify early disease
When people learn they are exposed to toxic chemicals, they wonder what it means for their health and often want to take protective action.
WVU in the News: Federal judge issues order halting needle syringe law from taking effect
A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order stopping a new law affecting needle exchange programs from going into effect next month.
WVU in the News: Celebrate, but safety is key when handling fireworks
The fireworks tents have sprouted up recently like dandelions in the spring. There is no shortage of things that go bang, and neighborhoods will be lit up this week to mark our nation’s independence.
June 29, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 29, 2021.
WVU in the News: Growing gaps in U.S. vaccination rates show regions at risk
The gap between the most vaccinated and least vaccinated places in the U.S. has exploded in the past three months, and continues to widen despite efforts to convince more Americans to get a Covid shot.
WVU in the News: MetroNews Talkline
WVU School of Public Health Associate Professor Robin Pollini, PhD, MPH, joins Hoppy Kercheval on MetroNews Talkline to discuss West Virginia’s new harm reduction law.
WVU in the News: Why you’re listening to more music now that life is returning to normal
For most of us, the pandemic has been a deeply life-altering event, one that’s affected everything from how we commute, how we do small talk, to how we take care of ourselves. And according to anecdotal reports, it's even changed our relationship to music. When VICE informally polled readers about their evolving listening habits last fall, they revealed all sorts of unexpected new musical habits, from exclusively listening to jazz or ambient, to finally getting into the Grateful Dead, to only checking out new hardcore bands. In some cases, previously avid music fans said they'd suddenly stopped listening to much music at all.
WVU Medicine Department of Pediatrics receives grant to improve West Virginia childhood literacy
West Virginia University’s School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics recently received the WVPEC Sparking Early Literacy Growth in West Virginia Grant, which aims to reduce the literacy gap for students in WV.