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Telehealth pilot program shows promise in helping former nursing home, long-term care facility residents remain safe and healthy in their homes
Transitioning home after a stay in a nursing home or long-term care facility can be a difficult experience, oftentimes leading to hospitalization or reinstitution. But preliminary results from a new West Virginia University Office of Health Affairs pilot program shows that telehealth can help these individuals remain healthy and happy in their own communities.
WVU in the News: Improved medical screening in PFAS-impacted communities to identify early disease
When people learn they are exposed to toxic chemicals, they wonder what it means for their health and often want to take protective action.
WVU in the News: Federal judge issues order halting needle syringe law from taking effect
A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order stopping a new law affecting needle exchange programs from going into effect next month.
WVU in the News: Celebrate, but safety is key when handling fireworks
The fireworks tents have sprouted up recently like dandelions in the spring. There is no shortage of things that go bang, and neighborhoods will be lit up this week to mark our nation’s independence.
SPH employee update
Lindsay Allen, PhD, has accepted a position as an assistant professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Lindsay will vacate her role as an assistant professor in the School of Public Health Department of Health Policy, Management and Leadership (effective June 30, 2021).
WVU in the News: Growing gaps in U.S. vaccination rates show regions at risk
The gap between the most vaccinated and least vaccinated places in the U.S. has exploded in the past three months, and continues to widen despite efforts to convince more Americans to get a Covid shot.
WVU in the News: MetroNews Talkline
WVU School of Public Health Associate Professor Robin Pollini, PhD, MPH, joins Hoppy Kercheval on MetroNews Talkline to discuss West Virginia’s new harm reduction law.
WVU in the News: Why you’re listening to more music now that life is returning to normal
For most of us, the pandemic has been a deeply life-altering event, one that’s affected everything from how we commute, how we do small talk, to how we take care of ourselves. And according to anecdotal reports, it's even changed our relationship to music. When VICE informally polled readers about their evolving listening habits last fall, they revealed all sorts of unexpected new musical habits, from exclusively listening to jazz or ambient, to finally getting into the Grateful Dead, to only checking out new hardcore bands. In some cases, previously avid music fans said they'd suddenly stopped listening to much music at all.
WVU in the News: West Virginia infant mortality rates exceed national rate
In the United States, two babies die every hour before reaching their first birthday in what one advocacy specialist calls a crisis that has gone unnoticed by many.
Learning to ask the right questions
Local nonprofits gained a fresh perspective thanks to students in West Virginia University's Master of Public Health and PhD in Public Health Sciences programs.