Announcements
WVU in the News: WV health experts worry new law will ignite ‘powder kegs’ amid HIV outbreak
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
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.
MARPHTC Webinar Series: Roots of Health Disparities
Perfect health care will make everyone healthy, right? Nope. Yes, affordable, equally accessible, excellent health services ARE essential.
Important systems and services will be inaccessible Sunday, June 13, 8 a.m. to Noon
Faculty, researchers, staff and students will be unable to log into many important systems and services requiring WVU Login credentials from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 13, during critical updates to the single sign-on system.
Pride of Rural Virginia Project to host healthcare conversations to better understand needs, experiences of LGBTQ+ community
The Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA) will host a series of interactive community conversations to better understand the healthcare needs and experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in rural communities across Virginia.
HSCommunity: Inclusive Cancer Screening Tool Now Available
Inclusive online cancer screening tool now available for WVU Medicine employees
WVU outlines employee expectations for the fall semester
As West Virginia University prepares to welcome back students, faculty and staff to campus for the fall 2021 semester, the University has developed plans and guidelines for employees to ensure continued adaptation of new ways of working and operating in as safe a manner as possible.
Why We Should All Choose Vaccination
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
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
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.