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Wellbeing Wednesdays Podcast: What’s up with wellness at WVU?

Dr. Courtney Weaver sat down with Dr. Tara Hulsey, Vice President of Health Promotion and Wellness and Dean of the College of Nursing here at WVU. They talked about the recent employee wellbeing survey conducted by the Office of Health Promotiona and Wellness, and where everyone can find out more about the health and wellbeing resources available at West Virginia University.

Under the Dome: February 24, 2021 Edition

Under the Dome delivers a review of the issues being considered by the 85th West Virginia Legislature. It provides information on matters that affect WVU and higher education. This edition provides an update on the second week of the legislative session, Senate Finance budget hearing, remote worker legislation and other issues, including several high-profile bills introduced during the first weeks of the session.

WVU researchers study high-risk populations in low-tech communities

Closed religious communities such as the Amish are high-risk populations for the spread of both infectious diseases and public health misinformation, according to sociologists from West Virginia University who are working with data from Amish and Mennonite settlements to understand the COVID-19-related beliefs and behaviors prevalent within their communities.

West Virginia’s enduring, intertwined epidemics: Opioids and HIV

Dr. Sally Hodder, a leading infectious disease expert at West Virginia University, believes that despite the threat of COVID-19, the opioid and HIV epidemics should not be ignored. The two have become so intertwined in the Mountain State, that they must be treated together, she said.