Announcements
WVU Cancer Institute physician leads changes for transplant and cellular therapy guidelines
Abraham Kanate, MD, Medical Director for the Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Cellular Therapy Program and Associate Professor recently led the consensus guidelines from the American Society of Transplant and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) on indications for transplant and cellular therapy.
WVU researcher concludes that loss of work can lead to poor health, higher death rates
West Virginia University School of Public Health’s Christopher Martin, M.D., M.Sc., has found that a loss of work can actually be bad for one’s health and could even lead to higher death rates.
April 3, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for April 3, 2020.
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-2-2020
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-2-2020
WVU Board briefed on pandemic responses and plans
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors was briefed Thursday on the institution’s ongoing responses to the coronavirus pandemic and background on decisions that have been made and are under consideration.
COVID-19 projections look bad, but following the rules can improve numbers
West Virginia University Vice President and Executive Dean for Health Sciences Dr. Clay Marsh, now West Virginia’s COVID-19 czar, says in his blog that projections for deaths due to the virus are staggering, but West Virginians can “flatten the curve” and change outcomes by following the rules. Marsh warns that low numbers of COVID-19 spread should not cause complacency.
April 2, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for April 2, 2020.
WVU in the News: In West Virginia, one doctor’s fight to get her town coronavirus tests
When a family medicine physician in Beckley, W.Va., couldn’t find a coronavirus testing site for her patients, she found a way to open one in her own parking lot.
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-1-2020
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 4-1-2020
Zoonotic diseases, bats and the connection to COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic brings with it a lot of misinformation, myths and other unknowns to tackle, including the origin of the disease. WVU Extension Service Wildlife Specialist Sheldon Owen notes that to understand how bats are related to the COVID-19 outbreak, you must first understand a little bit about zoonotic diseases.