CTA announces vaccine event and incentives
The Coast Transit Authority has announced another vaccination day as a way to get more people vaccinated here on the Coast. CTA is partnering with Singing River Health System to…
COVID-19
Singing River Academy transitioning to virtual learning August 24th
Due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, Singing River Academy will be closed from August 24th through the Labor Day holiday. Students will return to school in-person on September 7th. Students will bring home Chromebooks, i-Ready workbooks and other necessary…
US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet. The vaccine made by Pfizer…
FDA warns against ivermectin as COVID treatment
By Kayla Rivas | Fox News The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated a warning against the use of ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment amid growing reports of individuals taking the drug often used to treat parasitic worms in animals. Mississippi state…
Team Memorial continues the fight against COVID-19 at a new pop-up site
The team at Memorial Hospital is continuing their fight against COVID-19 one pop-up site at a time. Today, the team hosted another pop-up drive…
Governor Reeves holds COVID-19 press conference
Governor Tate Reeves held a COVID-19 press conference today to update the public on the state’s response. Reeves addressed learning in schools amid the most recent outbreak, saying it is…
COVID-19 vaccine drive held today in Moss Point
At the Family Education Center in Moss Point, free COVID vaccines were given to the public. Moss Point School District partnered with the City of Moss Point, the…
Twenty-eight pediatric cases of COVID-19 at Children’s of Mississippi
Mississippi’s only children’s hospital has confirmed they are caring for 28 hospitalized children as a result of COVID-19. Children’s of Mississippi, a part of the University of…
Perkinston Elementary School switching to virtual learning
Due to an increase in COVID cases and quarantines, Perkinston Elementary School will move to virtual learning instruction beginning Friday, August 20th, 2021 and will remain on a virtual schedule for 14 days. Perkinston Elementary School students will return to…
Increasing number of Mississippi students in quarantine
In the weekly Mississippi State Department of Health COVID update meeting, topics of surpassing winter peaks, growing infections and quarantines and new resources to help hospitals were released. Kicking…
4,085 new COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths statewide
Today, the Mississippi Department of Health is reporting an additional 4,085 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 36 deaths. Twenty-six deaths occurred between July 24th and August 17th and…
Nearly 1,000 Mississippi beds empty because of lack of staff
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi health officials say almost 1,000 hospital beds that could be used to treat patients during the latest surge of coronavirus in the state are unstaffed because of a…
Pascagoula High School switching to virtual learning starting Thursday
Due to an increased number of COVID positive cases, Pascagoula High School will be closed beginning Thursday, Aug. 19 though Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. Virtual distance classes for all PHS students will be held for the next two weeks. Students…
Mississippi gets second field hospital in days
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi has opened its second field hospital in days to treat a surge of coronavirus patients. The Christian charity relief group Samaritan’s Purse arrived in Mississippi and brought in…
Biden to require vaccines for nursing home staff
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will require that nursing home staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. Biden will announce the move…
COVID vaccines offered at dorm move-in day on MGCCC Perkinston Campus
Today was move-in day at the MGCCC Perkinston Campus and unlike any other, free COVID vaccines were available to students and staff. With over 800…
Third dose of COVID vaccine for immunocompromised
For the COVID-19 vaccine to protect, it must active the immune system, but in many immunocompromised patients, the ability is weakened so a third dose can boost the immune…
Health official: 20,000 Mississippi students in quarantine
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A top Mississippi health official says about 20,000 students are currently quarantined for COVID-19 exposure in the state. That's 4.5% of the public school population. The data comes from…
MGCCC partners with Singing River to get more shots in arms
Open to the public, anyone could walk into the MGCCC Jackson County Campus cafeteria to get their COVID vaccine today. Available on site were the…
Battling COVID with a nursing shortage
‘ There’s not a shortage of beds, there’s an RN shortage.” That’s a comment from Singing River Health System CEO Lee Bond regarding the negative bed situation hospitals are facing…
Memorial Hospital continues their fight against COVID
Memorial Hospital continues to fight their battle against COVID-19 one vaccine at a time. Saturday, Team Memorial partnered with the Keesler Federal Credit Union to host another pop-up vaccine…
George County High School transitioning to virtual learning until August 27th
The number of identified positive COVID cases and quarantined students and staff at George County High School has reached 20 percent. Based on the protocol currently being followed, the George County School District has made the decision that all students…
Mississippi’s critical frontline healthcare shortage
Thursday evening, Singing River Health System CEO Lee Bond released a message detailing the frontline healthcare shortage at Singing River, declaring it a state of emergency. Singing River Health System CEO…
Drive-thru COVID testing site reopened in D’Iberville
A COVID-19 testing site has now reopened in the City of D’Iberville at the Kenny Fournier Multi-Purpose Building. The site was reopened due to the new spike in COVID-19…