The University of Mississippi Medical Center will conduct several clinical trials on potential treatment options for people infected with Coronavirus. Leaders of the medical center announced the trials today. Among the drugs being tested is an antimalarial medication that President…
It’s a time that’s supposed to be their golden years, but the COVID-19 threat is targeting our treasured senior population, even trying to tarnish what should be the best years of their life. Some local health and senior care providers…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists working at the Port of Gulfport made two first-in-Mississippi pest discoveries in fruit shipments during the month of March. The first discovery was identified as a Cholus sp…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 209 new cases of COVID-19 in the state and six deaths. The state total now stands at 2,496 including 82 deaths. Hancock County has 37 cases and five deaths, Harrison County has…
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves signed two new executive orders to protect healthcare professionals from transmission and liability as they aid in Mississippi's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. "We are so blessed to have our nation's best and brightest in…
The Commission on Marine Resources decided Friday to suspend the April 30, 2020, expiration date of commercial licenses and extend the expiration date to May 31, 2020, for commercial licenses. Applicants are still able to obtain commercial licenses by mailing…
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 209 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 2,469 MSDH also reported 6 new deaths on April 9 as a result of coronavirus, bringing the death toll 82. In…
Many people think that warm weather will kill the Coronavirus, but the World Health Organization says otherwise. Exposing yourself to the sun or to warm weather does not prevent the Coronavirus disease. WHO says you can catch COVID-19 no matter…
Twenty-one Biloxi firefighters are now self-quarantined at home because of the Coronavirus. According to Biloxi Fire Chief Joe Boney so far nine have tested for COVID-19, three others were waiting on test results, and nine more were sick with the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines for essential workers, such as those in the health care and food supply industries. The guidance is focused on when those workers can return to work after having been…
Well the doors may be closed currently as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the state, but one local clinic is still finding ways to reach out to patients with medical needs during this time. The Bethesda Free Health Clinic…
The CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. CDC also advises the use of simple cloth face coverings…
Gulfport, MS (April 6, 2020) - WXXV FOX 25 will air a live virtual Town Hall meeting with Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves on Thursday, April 9th at 7 p.m. The governor will address the statewide response to the coronavirus outbreak…
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic claimed its youngest victim yet in Louisiana on Monday - a baby born prematurely after her mother contracted the disease and was put on a ventilator. East…
Two deaths were reported in Harrison County on Friday and a second from COVID-19 was reported in Hancock County, half of the six in the state as the death count grew to 35. Deaths also were reported Friday in Adams…
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the nation, one Harrison County senior center is lending a helping hand by sewing masks and gowns for some Harrison County medical centers. Woolmarket Prime of Life Center Director Janet Meaut and…
The numbers keep rising at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula as two more employees tested positive for the Coronavirus, bringing the total to 12. Ingalls President Brian Cuccias announced they have extended their Easter holiday period and also stated “all employees…
The state Port Authority has ordered all cruise ships docked at the Port of Gulfport to leave by close of business on Friday. The move follows Gov Tate Reeves' executive order to shelter in place that begins on Friday as…
Coast Transit Authority has announced the suspension of fixed-route bus service beginning Friday. The decision was made in the wake of Gov. Tate Reeves issuing his state-wide shelter-in-place order. The suspension in service is to run from April 3 to…
The state Department of Health has reported 104 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, bringing the total to 1,177. There are now 26 deaths in the state due to the coronavirus, four more than on March 31, including one in…
Another employee tested positive for the Coronavirus at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, making the total now at eight. The first case of COVID-19 at Ingalls Shipbuilding was announced more than a week ago. Ingalls released a statement saying employees have…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes on Tuesday issued an executive order directing city residents to shelter at home and observe a curfew. Hewes said in his statement that residents should limit activities to essential needs only and…
There were 90 new COVID-19 cases reported in Mississippi on March 30, and four more deaths, bringing the number of confirmed diagnoses to nearly 1,000, according to state health officials. There are 937 cases in the state as of 6…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV) — The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and the Mississippi State Department of Health will open a mobile COVID-19 testing site for one day only in Picayune on Thursday. The testing will be by appointment only…