Announcements
National Drug Take Back Day
The Office of Health Promotion and Wellness and University Police Department will host National Drug Take Back Day on April 24. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the community is invited to stop by the Coliseum Blue Gate entrance to safely dispose of unwanted medications.
HSCommunity: Resources for Healing, Social Justice
Meshea L. Poore, Esq., Vice President for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, discusses the importance of checking in.
April 20, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for April 20, 2021.
E-cigarette users in rural Appalachia develop more severe lung injuries, according to new study
Just as e-cigarette ingredients can vary from one region to another, the health effects of vaping can have regional characteristics as well. A new study out of West Virginia University suggests that rural e-cigarette users are older—and often get sicker—than their urban counterparts.
Pediatric ICU stay can be scary, lonely experience—for parents
A new study led by Brad Phillips—a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Nursing—suggests that being young, being single, having a low income and having limited post-secondary education may make parents more likely to feel lonely or perceive a lack of emotional support when their children are in the PICU.
WVU in the News: Talking vaccine doubters off the fence can beat anti-vax sentiment
In the final episode of “Doubt,” a new Prognosis podcast series that explores vaccine hesitancy, Bloomberg News examines how VAERS has become a favored tool of anti-vaccine propaganda and how some health policy experts are beginning to fight back.
Geriatrics Lunchtime Learning- 'Comprehending the Spectrum of Depression'
Title: "Comprehending the Spectrum of Depression"
4th Annual Behavioral & Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Spring Symposium
The 4th Annual Behavioral & Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Spring Symposium is set for Wednesday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring a keynote address from Dr. Michelle Jones-London, Chief, Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity, NINDS.
WVU in the News: West Virginia has a massive HIV outbreak and it just restricted something that could end it
In February, a CDC official told a Charleston, West Virginia, city council committee that the country’s “most concerning” HIV outbreak was occurring among people using injection drugs there. Despite needle exchanges helping limit past outbreaks in Indiana and West Virginia, the state will now regulate the programs for the first time.
April 19, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for April 19, 2021.