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• 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 in the News: Miners fear the impacts Covid-19 could have in coal country

  Friday, March 27, 2020

  Jimmy Moore barely leaves the house. When he does, the 74-year-old is usually parked outside his local pharmacy in Dorton, Kentucky, until someone brings out his regular meds. As soon as Moore arrives home, he changes his clothes and washes his hands. Religiously. This wasn’t his routine before, but Moore can’t take any chances with the coronavirus.

• 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. 

• 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: Managing the unavoidable

  Thursday, March 26, 2020

  Dr. Michael Brumage, director of the General Preventive Medicine Residency in WVU's School of Public Health and medical director of Cabin Creek Health System, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic impact on rural communities with frank news.

• Mapping the food conversation

  Thursday, March 26, 2020

  Written by Lauri Andress, PhD, JD, assistant professor:

• 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: From Brooklyn to West Virginia, inside the scramble to prepare hospitals for COVID-19

  Wednesday, March 25, 2020

  Dr. Michael Brumage, director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program and director of Cabin Creek Health Systems, recently appeared on the Mother Jones Podcast to talk about the shortage in West Virginia.

• WVU in the News: Telehealth can help flatten the curve for coronavirus

  Monday, March 23, 2020

  West Virginia University researchers launched a pilot program that uses technology to provide health care remotely with the end goal of keeping patients from returning to a hospital or entering a long-term care facility, and even possibly reducing the impact of the novel coronavirus.

• WVU in the News: Telemedicine struggles to be an option for everyone in the wake of coronavirus

  Monday, March 23, 2020

  Telehealth services are being met with a flood of patients in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.