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April 8, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus

WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for April 8, 2020:

The Change Leader
https://thechangeleader.com/che-038/

Hoppy’s Commentary
http://wvmetronews.com/2020/04/08/workforce-wv-plays-catch-up-on-mad-rush-of-jobless-claims/

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2020/04/08/Johnson-Highmark-quality-care-bonus-criteria-CMS-COVID-19-early-payment/stories/202004080041

WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/theet/lifestyles/people-who-wear-scrubs-for-a-living/article_19794a3c-35cb-58fd-852a-bf8de952481e.html

https://www.wvnews.com/theet/news/city-of-bridgeport-wv-continues-to-move-forward-while-safety-covid-19-precautions-top-priority/article_7c610a26-b0ea-53fe-8ce1-c8faf9bff3b9.html

The Wheeling Intelligencer.|News-Register
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2020/04/reynolds-memorial-hospital-staff-anticipates-demand-for-medical-supplies/

New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/08/us/coronavirus-rural-america-cases.html

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/04/08/WVU-coronavirus-students-test-positive-COVID-19-West-Virginia-University/stories/202004080169

KDKA-TV
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/08/more-than-12-wvu-students-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

WPXI-TV
https://www.wpxi.com/news/pennsylvania/live-updates-coronavirus-pennsylvania-what-you-need-know-wednesday/AGQAMVUVXRBQLONNT7AZGJJZJQ/

The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/more-than-dozen-wvu-students-test-positive-for-covid-19-resided-in-off-campus-morgantown/article_d32ba71e-79f8-11ea-8c59-97107eb8d134.html

WOAY-TV
https://woay.com/wvu-students-testing-positive-for-covid-19-confirmed/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/wvu-announces-more-than-a-dozen-students-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19/

WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/12-WVU-students-test-positive-for-COVID-19-569492881.html

WV MetroNews
http://wvmetronews.com/2020/04/08/wvu-students-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/more-than-a-dozen-wvu-students-test-positive-for-covid-19/article_4d5aaab7-69f5-5dc4-8945-dc119bfb215d.html

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/04/08/more-than-a-dozen-wvu-students-test-positive-for-covid-19-reside-in-private-off-campus-housing/

WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/wvu-rockefeller-neuroscience-institute-and-oura-health-unveil-study-to-predict-the-outbreak-of-covid/article_f914431d-645e-5682-a38e-97b29f23e7d0.html

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/04/08/wvu-rockefeller-oura-health-look-to-predict-virus-outbreak/

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/national-study-looks-to-accelerate-early-detection-of-coronavirus-symptoms-and-contagiousness/

The Associated Press
https://apnews.com/5604e8693459cbc32f1bdc7e718f23a9

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/04/08/WVU-West-Virginia-University-COVID-19-summer-classes-campus-athletics-student-orientation/stories/202004080121

KDKA-TV
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/08/west-virginia-changes-plan-for-summer-classes/

WV MetroNews
http://wvmetronews.com/2020/04/08/gee-extends-campus-shuttering-for-coronavirus-through-june-30/?fbclid=IwAR1e4VQJYp05Aq99CmTDoo2WrpKCnoaP16_1Db_ETeVeix4S0CvLZoGtV9Y

WTAP-TV
https://www.wtap.com/content/news/WVU-cancels-in-person-classes-throughout-summer-months-569479741.html?ref=741

WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/wvu-summer-session-will-be-online/article_6c944d5b-a219-5d87-9b85-a7ae52823afa.html

Connect-Bridgeport
https://connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=News&item=Letter-from-WVU-President-Gordon-Gee-Announces-Summer-Courses-to-Remain-Exclusively-Online38310

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/education/president-gee-sends-letter-to-wvu-students-announcing-no-in-person-classes-through-summer-semester/

WSAZ-TV
https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/WVU-cancels-in-person-summer-classes-makes-changes-to-new-student-orientation-569479011.html

The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/coronavirus/wvu-in-person-summer-courses-to-be-held-virtually-june-events-canceled/article_85825520-79c2-11ea-b0b3-b3c0a34a3bea.html

The Charleston Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/coronavirus/wvu-cancels-in-person-summer-classes-nixes-new-maymester/article_c3a2465f-7d0a-577d-b1d4-5c83448d1e73.html

WV Public Broadcasting
https://www.wvpublic.org/post/coronavirus-forces-wva-colleges-postpone-commencements

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/04/08/sundale-reports-second-death-related-to-covid-19/

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/sundale-nursing-home-provides-update-on-coronavirus-cases-second-patient-dies/

WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/2nd-Sundale-nursing-home-resident-dies-from-COVID-19-569481531.html

WOAY-TV
https://woay.com/peak-of-covid-19-expected-to-reach-west-virginia-in-two-to-three-weeks/

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/04/08/justice-adds-marion-county-to-covid-19-hot-spot-list-and-executive-order-with-extra-restrictions/

WV Public Broadcasting
https://www.wvpublic.org/post/gov-justice-adds-marion-county-covid-19-hot-spot-holds-special-session-address-budget

The Herald-Standard
https://www.heraldstandard.com/news/covid-19/official-says-fayette-county-could-hit-its-peak-in-covid-19-cases-next-week/article_92e22a84-79c6-11ea-96f1-9f6d6441e94e.html

Mineral Daily News-Tribune
https://www.newstribune.info/news/20200408/grmc-recommends-using-masks-in-public-places

The Spirit of Jefferson
http://www.spiritofjefferson.com/news/article_9ab6455e-79aa-11ea-8a36-4fa011cc751d.html

Greater Good Magazine
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/urban_and_rural_americans_same_page_covid

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/04/08/wvu-provides-emergency-financial-assistance-to-students/

The Beckley Register-Herald
https://www.register-herald.com/sports/wvu-to-host-virtual-town-hall-meeting-for-sharing-tips-on-supporting-youth-during-covid/article_d014607c-6275-52e1-a74e-eaf95e55ac89.html

WCHS-TV
https://wchstv.com/news/local/some-wva-hospitals-to-get-13-million-worth-of-personal-protective-gear

https://wchstv.com/news/local/wva-coronavirus-hotline-fielding-thousands-of-calls

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/wvu-foundation-actively-raising-money-for-a-covid-19-student-emergency-fund/

WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/College-admissions-process-new-student-orientations-changed-by-coronavirus-pandemic-569477831.html

WBOY-TV
https://www.wboy.com/news/health/coronavirus/amid-pandemic-wvu-medicine-announces-executive-pay-cuts-salary-guarantees-hiring-freeze-retirement-match-suspensions/

The Charleston Gazette-Mail
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/wvu/wvu-football-neal-brown-and-staff-get-used-to-distance-instruction-in-the-time-of/article_b70f8d81-51a7-53f1-b270-a979151751cf.html

Pittsburgh Business Times
https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/04/08/foundation-donates-1-3-million-worth-of-personal.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search

WV MetroNews
http://wvmetronews.com/2020/04/08/neal-brown-takes-decidedly-different-covid-19-tack-than-mike-gundy/

U.S. News & World Report
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-04-08/a-plan-to-contain-covid-19-and-get-people-back-to-work

WV MetroNews
http://wvmetronews.com/2020/04/08/wvu-students-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/04/08/WVU-coronavirus-students-test-positive-COVID-19-West-Virginia-University/stories/202004080169