CHARLESTON - Gov. Jim Justice and officials with the departments of Health and Human Resources and Education unveiled Friday the metrics behind a new color-coded system to determine if schools can reopen. Justice, speaking Friday during his coronavirus briefing at the Capitol, said the ...
CHARLESTON — Teachers and school administrators who are members of the West Virginia Education Association are calling for all county school systems in West Virginia to start with distance learning on Sept. 8. due to coronavirus concerns. Dale Lee, president of the Education Association, briefed reporters Thursday on a poll conducted by GBAO Strategies of 4,000 Education Association members between July 21 and July 30. The poll has a 2.5 percent margin of error. “The situation with the virus is fluid, and no one can predict what will happen a few days from now, let alone a few ...
With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the immune system to make them. Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; ...
CHARLESTON — After seeing an increase in deaths tied to outbreaks in nursing homes across the state, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said visitations to nursing homes would need to stop once again. Speaking Wednesday during his coronavirus briefing from the Capitol, Justice said visitations to nursing homes would be closed as of midnight except for emergencies and end-of-life circumstances. “We’re going to have to close visitation to all the nursing homes in West Virginia again,” Justice said. “We’ve got to some way try with all of us to calm this down.” Justice first ...
CHARLESTON — As the Sept. 8 date for schools across West Virginia to start up after closing for the coronavirus pandemic, the West Virginia Board of Education Wednesday stated schools will not reopen unless it is safe. The board of education met Wednesday for its monthly meeting at the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans counting on emergency coronavirus aid from Washington may have to wait until fall. Negotiations over a new virus relief package have all but ended, with the White House and congressional leaders far apart on the size, scope and approach for shoring up households, re-opening schools and launching a national strategy to contain the virus. President Donald Trump’s top negotiator, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tried to revive stalled talks Wednesday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the ...
