BILOXI, Miss. - Mississippi health officials say two more children have died of COVID-19, raising the state’s pediatric death toll from the virus to nine. State Epidemiologist Paul Byers told our media partner the Sun Herald Wednesday both of the…
JACKSON, Miss. – Beginning today, appointments for a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine are now available at all county health department clinics for those who qualify. Appointments can be made through https://covidvaccine.umc.edu or by calling the COVID-19 hotline at 877-978-6453. Booster shots…
In honor of Drug Free Pain Management Awareness Month, Memorial’s orthopedic clinic is having patient success with the Iovera treatment. The non-opioid pain reliever Ioavera is used to treat specific…
Medical experts are advising South Mississippians to get their flu vaccines as early as October as this year’s flu season may see a sharp rise in cases over last year.…
Today, MSDH is reporting an additional 1,098 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 50 deaths. Twenty-eight deaths occurred between August 26th and September 28th. Twenty-two deaths occurred…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss (OSSD) -- Following the continued decline in both school district and local COVID-19 cases, the Ocean Springs School District Board of Trustees voted on Wednesday to remove the mask requirement for students, staff, and visitors while on…
Memorial Hospital took a moment this afternoon during NICU Awareness Month to celebrate 25 years taking care of the tiniest patients on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Several Memorial neonatologists, neonatal…
The Coastal Family Health Center rolled its new mobile vaccine unit out to the Kroc Center today to give out free COVID vaccines and COVID tests.…
The COVID-19 booster shots are now officially available along the Coast to anyone eligible. Retail pharmacies including CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, as well as local pharmacies and clinics,…
Today, MSDH is reporting an additional 1,520 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 58 deaths. Nineteen deaths occurred between September 1st and September 26th and 39 deaths…
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are starting to decrease here along the Coast. Exactly one month ago on August 27th when the delta variant was ripping through the state, the…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 1,773 cases of COVID-19 and 55 new deaths for the three-day period running from September 24th…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 1,505 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 30 deaths. Nine of these deaths occurred between September 20th…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's registered nursing program has been ranked as the best community college program in Mississippi for the third year in a row by RegisteredNursing.org, a nursing advocacy organization. MGCCC’s program received a 99.35 out of a…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 2,071 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 42 deaths. Twenty-four of those deaths occurred between September 12th and September…
The board that governs Mississippi’s public universities is prohibiting schools from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff. The board took another vote because there was confusion over…
While Singing River Health System has seen a decline in the number of COVID patients since its high of 150 just a couple of weeks ago, CEO…
Today, MSDH is reporting an additional 2,687 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 56 deaths for the three-day period September 17th through September…
Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said the number of…
By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An influential federal advisory panel has rejected a plan to offer Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans. The vote Friday, 16-2, was a blow to the Biden…
Today, MSDH is reporting an additional 2,321 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 49 deaths. Twenty-four of these deaths occurred between August 20th and September 16th and 25…
The Mississippi State Department of Health held a press conference this afternoon to discuss three major COVID topics: deaths per capita, monoclonal antibody treatment, and COVID-19 and…
Today, MSDH is reporting an additional 2,594 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 65 deaths. Twenty-seven of these deaths occurred between August 7th and September 10th. An…
The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System’s Mobile Medical Unit was at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5699 in Ocean Springs for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for…