NIOSH Renews Funding of WVU Occupational Health and Safety Training

West Virginia University (WVU) has received a five-year, $2.2 million competitive grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to continue to offer advanced training to physicians and engineering students. The WVU School of Public Health will provide the only occupational medicine residency training for physicians in the Appalachian region. “There are only…

United Way of Central West Virginia Hosts 10th Annual Day of Caring

Celebrating its 10th Annual Day of Caring September 16, United Way of Central West Virginia’s volunteers will help nonprofit agencies stock kitchen pantries, paint, clean, landscape and perform construction work. Kickoff rallies will take place at 8:30 a.m. in Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Logan and Putnam counties, and then volunteers will tackle improvement projects in each county.…