With the spike in COVID-19 cases in West Virginia over the last few weeks, WVU Medicine is asking all adult patients to attend their clinic appointments alone.
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In her new role, WVU alum Dr. Ayne Amjad will take the work she’s already been doing in southern West Virginia and apply it statewide.
Because of the ever-changing and unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, WVU Medicine has decided to cancel this year’s Service Awards ceremony, which had been rescheduled to this fall.
When the first group of students enrolled in WVU’s School of Public Health undergraduate program as freshmen in 2016, many people around the world did not understand the role of public health, but with the emergence of COVID-19, it seems that perspective has now shifted.
Rondalyn Whitney, WVU Division of Occupational Therapy, and Guy McCormack, University of the Pacific, have collaborated to showcase the quality of scholarship and provide a rich discussion on how capstone experiences and projects for clinical doctoral degrees in occupational therapy are used to advance knowledge of the profession and practice of occupational therapy.
Pneumoconiosis rates, commonly known as black lung, have increased in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia since 2000. Modern mechanical coal mining creates more dust than earlier methods by releasing more fractured silica-containing rock.