GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim ...

CHARLESTON — Eight people have died from the COVID-19 coronavirus in the last week in West Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported on Wednesday. The confirmed death toll from the virus in West Virginia is at 8,117 residents, the department reported in its weekly ...

CHARLESTON — Eleven people have been confirmed as COVID-19 deaths in the last week in West Virginia, the state Department of Health and Human Resources reported Wednesday morning. The deaths include a 35-year-old man, the department said. The state reported 8,094 deaths since the pandemic ...

NEW MARTINSVILLE — Wetzel County has been classified as medium on the CDC’s COVID Community Levels system. In counties labeled medium, it’s recommended that people at greater risk of severe illness wear a high-quality mask or respirator in indoor public settings. The federal Centers for ...

CHARLESTON — A 44-year-old woman from Roane County was listed among the fatalities from COVID-19 in the last week the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The department in its weekly pandemic update said 16 more people have died from COVID-19, including the 44-year old ...