Announcements
Photography at HSC Studio resumes March 24
Beginning Thursday, March 24, photographers will be available at the Health Sciences Center Studio on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Masks optional in WVU classrooms and labs, required in patient care areas
West Virginia University will lift mask requirements for individuals, regardless of vaccination status, in classrooms and labs across the WVU System beginning Tuesday, March 8. Masks will continue to be required for employees, patients and visitors in designated areas of the Health Sciences Center where patient care services are provided. Additionally, WVU employees and students involved in patient care, including residents, fellows and students, are required to follow separate WVU Health System or other clinical provider’s policies, including those related to COVID-19, such as masks, PPE and vaccinations. Masks will also continue to be required for those conducting and participating in face-to-face human subject research activities.
Saving Lives: WVU School of Nursing students learn how to administer opioid overdose reversal medication
Nearly 30 West Virginia University School of Nursing students recently learned how to administer naloxone, the potentially lifesaving opioid overdose medication.
WVU to host additional pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics at the Mountainlair
In response to positive turnout at the recent Mountainlair clinic, West Virginia University will host additional pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics on the Downtown campus in partnership with the Monongalia County Health Department. The pop-up clinics will take place in the Mountainlair’s Mountaineer Room on Wednesday, March 9 and Wednesday, March 16 from 1-3 p.m.
March 6, 2022 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for March 6, 2022.
West Virginia University public health residency programs highlighted in HRSA's 2020 Report to Congress
To meet the requirements of the Public Health Service Act (section 768(d)), the Health and Human Services Administration provides a Report to Congress on the Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Grant Program, of which West Virginia University School of Public Health residency programs are a part.
Mindfulness team to offer new, in-person series starting March 28
Do you already have a mindfulness practice? Would you like to expand your knowledge? In Mindful Steps Part 2, participants will delve deeper with practices related to interoception, compassion, inner yoga, adaptability, gratitude, and resilience.
March 4, 2022 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for March 4, 2022.
March 3, 2022 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for March 3, 2022.
U.S. Public Health Service Rear Admiral encourages dental students to network and consider overall wellness of patients
The chief dental officer for the United States Public Health Service touched on multiple facets of a career in dentistry while recently visiting West Virginia University School of Dentistry.