Announcements
WVU Medicine implements no visitor policy at all hospitals and outpatient clinics
WVU Medicine will implement a no-visitor policy at 8 a.m. tomorrow (March 23) at all of its hospitals and outpatient clinics.
Guidance on Labs from Vice President for Research
In light of the continued concerns around the coronavirus COVID-19 and minimizing community spread, the University is asking everyone to drive down their lab work to absolute minimal presence by close of business on Thursday, March 19, only to allow for instrumentation maintenance, cell/animal lines.
Several Health Sciences exterior entrances locked indefinitely
Several exterior entrances at the WVU Health Sciences Center will be closed to the public and locked.
WVU Medicine to defer all elective, non-emergent surgeries and GI procedures
At the urging of the U.S. Surgeon General and multiple professional medical societies, WVU Medicine will defer all elective, non-emergent surgeries and gastrointestinal (GI) procedures starting Thursday, March 19, until Friday, May 15.
HSC ITS Work from Home support
HSC Information Technology Services will begin providing all services remotely starting Tuesday, March 17, until further notice.
Employees, patients assigned specific entrance points to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital
Effective Monday, March 15, all employees and providers should only access the hospital through the HVI entrance, the shuttle entrance, or through the back of the hospital (but not the loading dock). All employees must show their badge when entering. A hand sanitizer station will be available at all entry ports.
WVU Medicine implements strict visitation policy at hospitals in response to COVID-19
Because the safety of our patients and caregivers is our highest priority, WVU Medicine has implemented restricted visitation policies for all member hospitals in an effort to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Disruption of sports has ‘substantial, uncertain’ impact on long-term broadcast rights, ticket sales, fan attendance, says WVU economist
With fears over the novel coronavirus shuttering the sports world, Brad Humphreys, economics professor at West Virginia University, said the long-term economic impact could be “substantial” and “uncertain.”
Compassion meditation may ease anxieties related to coronavirus, says WVU meditation expert
Practicing social distancing is one way to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but practicing emotional closeness may help alleviate the anxiety that the coronavirus can provoke.
Movement Disorder Conference scheduled for March 20 postponed
The event, presented by the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, has not yet been rescheduled.