A graduate student researcher in the WVU Life Sciences Building is currently awaiting results from a COVID-19 test.
With everyone socially distancing away from campus, we wanted to find out how everyone is keeping away cabin fever. Here's a few of our favorites so far.
Gov. Jim Justice has chosen WVU vice president and executive dean for Health Sciences Clay Marsh to serve as West Virginia’s COVID-19 czar.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said he is initiating additional safeguards to prevent the government from misreporting coronavirus-related deaths.
Twenty-eight people from a Morgantown nursing home have been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to a Monongalia County Health Department Facebook post on Thursday.
The Carruth Center is going remote to offer mental health and well-being services to students.
The WVU Office of the Provost has made changes to its spring semester academic policy in response to student and faculty concerns.
Sixteen residents in a Morgantown nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, while 50 tests are still pending.
Due to uncertainty of how the COVID-19 pandemic will develop, WVU will hold commencement online on May 16.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said a Morgantown nursing home prompted the stay at home order.
Courtney is joined by Jessica Johnston-York from the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services to talk about what self-care might look like in the time of coronavirus and social isolation.
The Morgantown Parking Authority has announced that parking in Morgantown will be free for the duration of the governor’s stay at home order.
In preparation for understaffing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some animals in WVU’s research labs have been euthanized.
A former WVU physics professor pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge, according to the United States Department of Justice.
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, WVU will be lowering the requirements for all merit-based scholarships to a 2.75 minimum grade point average.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued a “stay at home” order that goes into effect on 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Update: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued a "stay at home" order and closed all essential" businesses. This will be effective at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
A petition for WVU to have a physical commencement ceremony has received more than 2,500 signatures and counting.
WVU Medicine is implementing a no-visitor policy at 8 a.m. Monday at all of its hospitals and outpatient clinics.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said in a Saturday evening press conference he would not be shutting down the state at the moment.
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West Virginia University students will be able to more easily focus on transitioning to online courses during the COVID-19 outbreak instead of being troubled about maintaining their scholarship eligibility during the end of the spring semester, as the University has taken steps to continue m…
Chase Illig is in his Florida hotel room when he answers the phone. He’s been confined there for nearly a week.
The threat level posed by COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) is unique. It's up to us to all practice social distancing - keeping away from each other, isolating, and getting on with life as best we can until we can squash the virus.
Within 48 hours of actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announcing they tested positive for the novel coronavirus, one West Virginia University expert launched into research mode.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Thursday confirmed three new cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the state, making the total positive case count at five. All three new positive cases are travel related.
The COVID-19 pandemic has officially reached Monongalia County.
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today issued an Executive Order, directing the West Virginia Department of Commerce and WorkForce West Virginia to provide unemployment benefits to those affected by COVID-19 to the maximum extent permitted under federal law.
The West Virginia University Personal Rapid Transit system will be closed for passenger service until further notice.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Due to the ongoing developments related to COVID-19, the Big 12 Conference announced on Friday, March 13 that all conference and non-conference competitions are canceled through the end of the academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year.
As states postpone their primary elections in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, one West Virginia University political scientist is calling on President Donald Trump to assemble a bipartisan task force to consider voting options for November’s general election.
West Virginia University and its divisional campuses in Keyser and Beckley will extend alternative delivery of classes through the rest of the semester in response to the continued threat of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Additionally, all employees – except for those needed to keep online …
CHARLESTON, WV – With the confirmation of West Virginia's first positive case of COVID-19, Gov. Jim Justice announced new precautionary measures being taken statewide in the interest of protecting the public from the potential spread of coronavirus.
CHARLESTON, WV – The state of West Virginia has its first positive case of COVID-19.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU Medicine announced today that it is establishing five drive-through collection points in West Virginia to collect specimens from pre-screened patients to test for COVID-19. The collection points will be in Morgantown, Parkersburg, Bridgeport, Wheeling, and Martinsburg…
In an effort to provide the most up-to-date information on the spread of the coronavirus, Johns Hopkins University developed this COVID-19 Global Case Tracker. The tracker is updated frequently and provides state-level reports from the U.S. and international reports in real-time.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – To prevent the spread of COVID-19, City of Morgantown Buildings and Morgantown Municipal Court are closed to the public until April 6, 2020. If you need assistance, please call the City Manager's Office at 304-284-7405 or access the staff directory at www.morgantownwv.gov.
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recommended all nonessential businesses shut down across the state Monday as the coronavirus outbreak escalates.
U92 the Moose is taking the coronavirus threat day-by-day.
Two historic trees on WVU's Downtown campus are in the process of being removed this week.
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s coronavirus cases doubled over the weekend to 63 as the infection spread to new counties in central and western parts of the state.
The Morgantown Police Department used three rounds of tear gas to disperse a Thursday evening crowd on Beverly Avenue.
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