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March 28, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for March 28, 2020.
WVU Physician Helps Organize WV Mask Army Creating Protective Masks for Health Care Workers
WVU Charleston physician Dr. Rose Ayoob is working with the West Virginia Mask Army, a collection of doctors, nurses, hospital administrators and seamstresses coming together to create personal protective equipment (PPE) available for our medical professionals on the front lines of West Virginia's COVID-19 pandemic.
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 3-26-2020
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) today confirmed 27 new cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been officially reported to the state, making the total positive case count at 76. New cases were identified in Berkeley, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Monongalia, Raleigh, Upshur and Wood counties.
WVU in the News: Miners fear the impacts Covid-19 could have in coal country
Jimmy Moore barely leaves the house. When he does, the 74-year-old is usually parked outside his local pharmacy in Dorton, Kentucky, until someone brings out his regular meds. As soon as Moore arrives home, he changes his clothes and washes his hands. Religiously. This wasn’t his routine before, but Moore can’t take any chances with the coronavirus.
March 27, 2020 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for March 27, 2020.
Brown Doing His Best Work From Home to Help Mountaineers Deal With COVID-19
Our world is sick right now and the best thing for us to do is hunker down and help our health professionals get a handle on this sickness by practicing social distancing. That's the message West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown is preaching to his team regarding the COVID-19 virus.
WVU launches online map of COVID-19 testing sites in West Virginia
The Office of Health Services Research, in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has launched an online map that shows all COVID-19 testing sites in the Mountain State from Newell to Bluefield and all points in between.
WVU’s campus-wide effort harnesses creativity, innovation to support health care workers at WVU Medicine and around the state
A fashion designer stops creating clothing and turns her skills into making surgical masks. Cloth that might have been the mask for the Phantom of the Opera, instead is headed to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital to become a mask that protects a health care worker in the fight against COVID-19. This, and more, is how West Virginia University is putting skills and resources from its entire campus to battle the pandemic which has killed thousands worldwide.
Gov. Justice names WVU’s Clay Marsh to lead COVID-19 efforts for West Virginia
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice named Clay Marsh, M.D., West Virginia University’s vice president and executive dean for Health Sciences, the state’s COVID-19/Coronavirus Czar during a press conference at the Capitol Complex in Charleston on Thur., March 26.
Virtual Well-Being and Mindfulness programs available
The following virtual exercise classes, wellbeing and mindfulness programs will be available to WVU and WVU Medicine employees.