COVID-19 News Archive

The COVID-19 drive-thru testing location at Marshall University Medical Center/Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) as well as Marshall Health’s COVID-19 hotline will conclude operations at noon Friday, April 22. The closure is part of a transition to a clinic-based testing model at Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network.

Effective Monday, April 4, Marshall Health’s COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Marshall University Medical Center/Cabell Huntington Hospital will be open 8 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. The drive-thru is located at 1600 Medical Center Drive next to the Marshall Health and Cabell Huntington Hospital parking garage.

Marshall’s Student Government Association (SGA) has emergency relief funding available to assist students who have economic hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or other emergencies, including weather-related damage to personal possessions. There is an online application process for requesting funds through this program. Information regarding specific needs and simple supporting documentation of losses claimed will

Marshall Health and the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine have announced they will require COVID-19 vaccination of all employees and students by Oct. 31, 2021.

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine announced today that it is canceling its largest annual scholarship fundraiser, Standing Out in Our Field, for 2021. The event, which traditionally draws a crowd of 500 attendees, was set for Aug. 28.

Marshall University will offer free COVID-19 vaccines to incoming freshmen during orientation sessions this summer, as well as to high school students attending Upward Bound at the university.

The COVID-19 vaccine is now available to patients and community members at several Marshall Health clinic and pharmacy locations in Huntington.

Marshall University has introduced a public awareness campaign for its student population, encouraging them to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination in an effort to reach #thunderingherdimmunity when the fall semester begins in August.

Marshall University and the Cabell-Huntington Health Department will be offering a walk-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic following the university’s spring commencement ceremony this Saturday, May 1. Commencement begins at 9 a.m. in the university’s Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The clinic will open at 11 a.m. in the tents on the stadium’s West Lot and will end

Marshall University President Jerome A. Gilbert today announced the university’s spring 2021 commencement ceremony will be an in-person event on Saturday, May 1, at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium with pandemic health and safety precautions in place.