Order gives broad authority to local health departments, law enforcement CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced Sunday he signed an Executive Order for Monongalia, Harrison, and Kanawha counties as COVID-19 continues to spread. This Executive Order expands the order issued on Friday for Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties. UPDATE: Click here to view[Read More…]

By Caity Coyne and Joe Severino, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice added Kanawha County to an executive order on Saturday night calling for stricter enforcement of his stay-at-home order. … At a Sunday news conference, Kanawha County officials said the Kanawha Sheriff’s Office will be working with state[Read More…]

Testing for all patients, employees started today Release from Stonerise Healthcare: CHARLESTON, W.Va. (April 5, 2020) – A patient of Eastbrook Center, a skilled nursing facility, in Charleston, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The individual has been transferred to a local hospital and the family has been notified. Precautions[Read More…]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Today has issued the following media advisory on the availability of experts during the coronavirus crisis: As West Virginia continues its fight against the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus, a regional economist at West Virginia University sees vulnerabilities in the state’s industry structure and infrastructure that could make economic[Read More…]

WVPA Staff BriefCHARLESTON, W.Va. – A group of West Virginia inmates are seeking release from state confinement because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A U.S. District Court hearing is scheduled today. It was requested by Mountain State Justice. The W.Va. Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county officials and groups representing law enforcement[Read More…]

Release from Department of W.Va. Military Affairs and Public Safety: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Lawyers for several inmates are seeking their released because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a move opposed by the W.Va. Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. County officials and groups representing law enforcement and emergency responders have rallied to support[Read More…]

Funds target COVID-19 relief in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware, with a focus on food, human services, and health care resources PITTSBURGH, Pa. (April 2, 2020) – Highmark Inc. has announced $2 million in grants to organizations focused on helping people in need throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware during[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of the Governor has issued the following media advisory about a virtual press briefing on COVID-19 response today at 1 p.m. WHO: Gov. Jim Justice, other state officials. WHAT: Gov. Justice will provide an update for media on COVID-19 preparedness and response plans. WHEN: Today, Monday, April 6, 2020,[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the 9:45 a.m. totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website: West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 217Total Negative Cases – 5,276Total Deaths – 2 Counties with positive cases: Barbour (1), Berkeley (27), Cabell (3), Greenbrier (3), Hancock (5), Hardy (2), Harrison (17),[Read More…]

From The Intelligencer of Wheeling PITTSBURGH, Pa. – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists on Thursday announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice, the vaccine, delivered through a fingertip-sized patch, produces antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 at quantities thought to[Read More…]