Local businesses and organizations present 8th annual Back to School Fair
More than 45 local health organizations and businesses came together at the Lyman Community Center Saturday for the 8th annual Back to School Fair. People…
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Black Breastfeeding Week kicks off August 25th through the 31st
The tenth anniversary of Black Breastfeeding Week is fast approaching. ‘Feeding from a Full Cup’ dedicates centering care for black mothers and their babies. At Lynn…
Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation
By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill. It's the “final piece” of the president's pared-down domestic agenda as he aims to boost…
Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild’ symptoms
By ZEKE MILLER KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House announced Tuesday. She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina when she began…
Monkeypox vaccine available to high-risk patients in Mississippi
A limited number of monkeypox vaccines are now available through the Mississippi Department of Health. The Harrison County Health Department Clinic in Gulfport is the only location offering…
US to declare health emergency over monkeypox outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the monkeypoxoutbreak that has infected more than 6,600 Americans, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The announcement will free up federal money and…
Today is ‘World Lung Cancer Day’
The first of August is World Lung Cancer Day. With lung cancer being the third most common cancer in the United States, this is an initiative to urge everyone to…
Deal on Capitol Hill could ease seniors' health costs
By MATT SEDENSKY and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Some older Americans are cheering news of a deal on Capitol Hill that could lead to lower drug costs. The health care and climate agreement struck by Senate Majority Leader Chuck…
Biloxi, Long Beach rally support to help son of Coast officers
'Healing for Hendrix' is the rallying cry for the 6-year-old son of two South Mississippi police officers who is beginning a brave battle. Hendrix Branning is the son of…
First case of Monkeypox identified in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss.- Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting its first case of Monkeypox in a Mississippi resident. The specimen was tested at the Mississippi State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory. An investigation to identify persons who…
New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade
NEW YORK (AP) — An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday. Officials said the patient, who lives in Rockland County, had developed paralysis. The person…
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’
By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a…
Backpack safety for students to limit back pain
Here are some backpack safety tips for students as the new school year approaches. Due to kids heading back to school all along the Coast, it is important…
Ocean Springs School District and SRHS team up to offer free clinic for school district employees
The Ocean Springs School District and Singing River Health System announced a new partnership to provide all school district employees…
Free dental services for Scarlet Pearl employees
Scarlet Pearl employees opened wide for on-site dental care services. Today and tomorrow, Jet Dental brings the dentist office to the casino. Six mobile dental rooms offer exams, cleanings,…
CDC advisers endorse more traditional Novavax COVID shot
U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax -- a more traditional kind of vaccine, influential government advisers said Tuesday. Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week, but…
Magnolia Medical Foundation hosted medical fair
Students of the Gulfport School District will report Thursday for the first day of class, starting earlier than others with the implementation of their year-round schedule. Ahead of the first…
Excel by 5 and Coastal Family Health team up to hold Immunization Fair
Today in Biloxi, Excel by 5 hosted their seventh annual Immunization Fair at Lopez Elementary School. Children could hop aboard the Coast Family Health’s Medical Mobile unit and get…
White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across…
Hancock Women’s Center holds Grand Reopening
Today, the Hancock Women’s Center in Bay St. Louis held a grand reopening to symbolize a new era of the business under new ownership. Dr. Noel Duplantier has officially taken…
US allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to expand use of Pfizer’s drug Paxlovid. The Food and Drug Administration said pharmacists can begin screening patients…
Mississippi judge sets hearing on challenge to abortion law
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has set a Tuesday hearing in a lawsuit by state’s only abortion clinic, which seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. A temporary restraining order would allow the…
Singing River Health Systems makes Murdock CEO
The Board of Trustees announces that Tiffany Murdock will serve as Chief Executive Officer. Murdock has served as interim CEO since February when Lee Bond left SRHS. She is the first woman CEO of Singing River Health System. “On behalf…
Ten Memorial residency physicians honored at White Coat Ceremony
Memorial Hospital’s second class of residents received their white coats. This evening, residency physicians, their families, and hospital staff gathered for a white coat ceremony. Ten new…