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• WVU to fully reopen campuses for fall 2021 semester

  Tuesday, June 15, 2021

  With recent decreases in COVID-19 cases across the country and the knowledge that COVID-19 vaccines are extremely safe and effective, West Virginia University now plans to fully reopen its campuses this fall.

• Scholarship initiative provides $389K to students affected by pandemic

  Monday, June 14, 2021

  Generous support from West Virginia University alumni, donors and friends is empowering more than 400 students in need to proceed with their educations amid the enduring economic challenges of COVID-19.

• WVU in the News: Reaching out to at-risk communities

  Monday, June 14, 2021

  In March 2020, Tiffany Samuels checked her Facebook page and saw a post by Romelia Hodges, who posted about a COVID-19 outbreak in a Black church she attended, Friendship Baptist in Everettville.

• WVU in the News: WV health experts worry new law will ignite ‘powder kegs’ amid HIV outbreak

  Friday, June 11, 2021

  West Virginia is facing its second large HIV outbreak in two years, and the federal government is in Charleston to help. But there’s a key difference between the tools that are available now, and the ones the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could use during Cabell County’s 2019 outbreak: new restrictions from both the capital city and the state on programs that distribute sterile syringes. 

• WVU in the News: Expert: Pain pills, not just heroin, fentanyl, play major role in WV opioid crisis

  Friday, June 11, 2021

  Prescription painkillers played a major role in fatal overdoses in Huntington and Cabell County over a two-decade period, an epidemiologist said Thursday at the federal opioid trial in Charleston.

• Why We Should All Choose Vaccination

  Tuesday, June 8, 2021

  The COVID-19 pandemic has decreased markedly in numbers of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths in West Virginia and in the United States. However, when carefully looking at the data, it is evident that the impact of reduced COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are largely in our residents who are fully vaccinated.

• WVU in the News: West Virginia University to study effect of CBD on drivers with first-of-its-kind simulation

  Tuesday, June 8, 2021

  If it seems like CBD products popped up everywhere, it’s because they did.

• WVU in the News: COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impact on the mental health of adolescents

  Friday, June 4, 2021

  A study of over 59,000 Icelandic adolescents by a team of Icelandic and North American behavioral and social scientists found that COVID-19 has had a significant, detrimental impact on adolescent mental health, especially in girls. The study is the first to investigate and document age- and gender-specific changes in adolescent mental health problems and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic, while accounting for upward trends that were appearing before the pandemic. The findings are published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

• WVU in the News: COVID-19 and the mental well-being of young people

  Friday, June 4, 2021

  A study of 59,000 Icelandic adolescents, conducted by a team of Icelandic and American behavioral and social scientists, found that COVID-19 has had a detrimental effect on the mental health of adolescents, especially among girls.

• I’m fully vaccinated but feel sick – should I get tested for COVID-19?

  Friday, June 4, 2021

  Imagine last night you developed a little runny nose and a sore throat. When you woke up this morning you started coughing and had a fever. In the past year, your mind would have immediately jumped to COVID-19. But if you are already fully vaccinated, you might wonder: Should I still get tested for COVID-19?