Today MSDH is reporting an additional 7,249 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 56 deaths for the three-day period August 20 through August 22. Forty-three deaths occurred between August 12 and August 22 with 1 in Hancock, 4 in Harrison…
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…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting record daily high of 5,048 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 54 deaths as of Thursday morning. MSDH said on its Facebook page, "As we go into the weekend, stay safe:…
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…
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…
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…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 4,807 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 21 deaths. Foureen deaths occurred between August 7 and August 18, and seven deaths occurred between November 26, 2020 and August 12, identified…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM 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 shortage of healthcare workers.…
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…
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…
JACKSON, MS – (Aug. 18, 2021) – Walmart is helping Mississippi residents stay healthy this flu season by making it easier than ever to get low-cost vaccinations in all Walmart pharmacies through walk-up and community flu shot clinics. The Centers for…
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…
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…
By MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials have announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting today an additional 4,085 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 36 deaths. One of those deaths reported was in Harrison County. Two were reported from Jackson County. Twenty-six deaths occurred between July…
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…
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…
Walmart announced Tuesday that stores in Lucedale and Pascagoula would be closed as of 2 p.m. for deep cleaning and restocking. The move is part of the a company plan to allow third-party specialists to deep clean in the stores…
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…
‘ 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…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s only Level 1 trauma center is setting up a second emergency field hospital in a parking garage that will handle some of the sickest COVID-19 patients as the virus continues to ravage…
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…
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…
On the heels of the record-breaking number of COVID-19 cases reported, Governor Tate Reeves and other state leaders held a COVID-19 press briefing today. Alongside State Health Officer…