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• Talking to Kids about COVID-19

  Monday, March 30, 2020

  Family Life and routines have changed greatly with the Stay at Home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. How do you talk to your kids about this crisis? WVU Medicine Children's Pediatric Psychologist Jenna Wallace has some tips on talking with your children about COVID-19.

• WVU in the News: Ohio Valley facing pandemic with a health system hollowed out by hospital closures

  Monday, March 30, 2020

  As new cases of coronavirus mount in the Ohio Valley, health officials are bracing for an onslaught of patients and what could be unprecedented demand for beds, medical staff and specialized equipment.

• WVU School of Medicine students offer a “pick-me-up” for Morgantown healthcare workers

  Monday, March 30, 2020

  In a student-initiated, independent project, West Virginia University medical students in the Gold Humanism Honor Society are doing their part to support local healthcare workers by offering grocery and supply pickup.

• WVU Physician Helps Organize WV Mask Army Creating Protective Masks for Health Care Workers

  Saturday, March 28, 2020

  WVU Charleston physician Dr. Rose Ayoob is working with the West Virginia Mask Army, a collection of doctors, nurses, hospital administrators and seamstresses coming together to create personal protective equipment (PPE) available for our medical professionals on the front lines of West Virginia's COVID-19 pandemic.

• WVU launches online map of COVID-19 testing sites in West Virginia

  Friday, March 27, 2020

  The Office of Health Services Research, in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has launched an online map that shows all COVID-19 testing sites in the Mountain State from Newell to Bluefield and all points in between. 

• WVU’s campus-wide effort harnesses creativity, innovation to support health care workers at WVU Medicine and around the state

  Friday, March 27, 2020

  A fashion designer stops creating clothing and turns her skills into making surgical masks. Cloth that might have been the mask for the Phantom of the Opera, instead is headed to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital to become a mask that protects a health care worker in the fight against COVID-19. This, and more, is how West Virginia University is putting skills and resources from its entire campus to battle the pandemic which has killed thousands worldwide.

• Gov. Justice names WVU’s Clay Marsh to lead COVID-19 efforts for West Virginia

  Friday, March 27, 2020

  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice named Clay Marsh, M.D., West Virginia University’s vice president and executive dean for Health Sciences, the state’s COVID-19/Coronavirus Czar during a press conference at the Capitol Complex in Charleston on Thur., March 26.

• WVU in the News: COVID-19 at nursing home shows community spread

  Thursday, March 26, 2020

  Residents testing positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a Monongalia County nursing home was a significant development, health officials said.

• WVU in the News: America, Meet Tony Fauci. AIDS Activists Have Known Him a Long Time

  Tuesday, March 24, 2020

  Dr. Judith Feinberg weighs in about Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and his response to COVID-19.

• Traditions delivered through technology for WVU medical students on National Match Day

  Monday, March 23, 2020

  For a video, Spotify playlist, and student profile related to Match Day, visit go.wvu.edu/matchday.