Announcements
WVU Dental reopens for comprehensive and elective care
WVU Dental reopened for comprehensive care to existing patients on May 18 amid a number of COVID-19 precautions. The date of the reopen for the WVU School of Dentistry clinics gave clinicians and academic leaders extra time to implement additional safety processes including an effort to equip providers with modified protective gear.
WVU in the News: George Kelley, DA, on the number of inactive patients with arthritis state-by-state
More than 3 million people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) could reduce their anxiety or depression with a basic exercise program, a recent study in ACR Open Rheumatology has concluded. The study shed even more light on the issue when it broke the data down to the state level.
WVU in the News: A state-by-state look at how many inactive people with arthritis could benefit psychologically from exercise
In the United States, arthritis is a common and widespread chronic condition and a leading cause of disability. Physical inactivity is a major health problem nationwide as well. A regular exercise program has been shown to have a wide variety of health benefits, but the state-specific data are sparse or not available.
May 26, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for May 26, 2020.
May 25, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for May 25, 2020.
May 24, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for May 24, 2020.
May 23, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for May 23, 2020.
WVU in the News: Second group of contact tracers being trained through West Virginia University
More than 100 public health students at West Virginia University along with other health professional students from WVU, nursing students from the University of Charleston and others make up a second cohort of Mountain State contact tracing trainees.
Video greeting from the U.S. Surgeon General for the Class of 2020
Excerpt of a message from ASPPH President and CEO Laura Magana:
May 22, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for May 22, 2020.