First COVID-19 vaccine deadline for healthcare workers
Today is the first deadline for healthcare workers to prove they have at least one dose of the COVID vaccine. On January 13th, 2022, the U.S.…
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COVID-19 Certificate of Vaccination now available online
JACKSON, Miss. – An official Certificate of COVID-19 Vaccination that will verify that an individual is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is now available from official Mississippi State Department of health (MSDH) records through the MyIRmobile.com website. This certificate is a convenient…
Mississippi Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith on vaccine mandate
Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced they have joined a congressional review act challenge to stop President Biden’s vaccine mandate. The mandate says private businesses…
Community COVID vaccines available Friday at Lynn Meadows
Community COVID vaccines are available Friday at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport. Singing River Health System, Ochsner and Lynn Meadows partnered up to set up a vaccination…
State reports third day of at least 3,000 cases of COVID
Today MSDH is reporting an additional 3,425 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 34 deaths. There were 27 deaths between August 11 and August 25. Of those deaths, 5 were from Jackson County, 2 from Harrison and 1 from Pearl…
Health Department reports second day of COVID cases in 3,000 range
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 3,385 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 22 deaths. Nineteen deaths occurred between August 5 and August 24. One of those was in George County, three in Harrison County…
Mississippi sets a new daily high for COVID cases reported in state
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:…
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…
More than 3,000 COVID cases reported in Mississippi for Aug. 16
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 3,323 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 67 deaths on Tuesday. Twenty-nine deaths occurred between August 11 and August 16, and 38 deaths occurred between August 2 and August 13,…
CTA and Singing River Health System partnered up for vaccine event
The Coast Transit Authority partnered with Singing River Health System to host a free vaccination event on Saturday at the Biloxi Transit Center. The CTA…
NYC will require vaccination proof for indoor dining, gyms
By KAREN MATTHEWS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN NEW YORK (AP) - New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a performance or go to the gym, Mayor…
Biden asks states to offer the unvaccinated $100
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is asking states and localities to offer unvaccinated residents $100 to get their COVID-19 shots. The cash reward for vaccination was one idea in Biden’s latest plan to boost lagging vaccination rates in many parts…
Singing River Health System hosting vaccine events
Just a reminder, Singing River Health System has announced more vaccine events to be held here on the Coast this week. First dose Pfizer and single dose Johnson and…
Community leaders push to get more people vaccinated
Memorial Hospital held a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination distribution at Katie Patterson Booth Community Center to help get more people vaccinated within the Gulfport community. According to Mississippi Department…
CDC Vaccination Stats
The most recent COVID vaccination demographic stats have the chief medical officer of United Healthcare’s midsouth region, which includes Mississippi, concerned. According to numbers released just yesterday by the CDC, only eight percent of COVID vaccinations have…
Keesler Medical Center hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinic
Keesler Medical Center is committed to quickly and safely vaccinating as many eligible military personnel and their families as possible. In just four months Keesler Air Force Base has put over 10,000 Pfizer COVID vaccines into the…
Singing River Health System partners with Ocean Springs School District to provide vaccinations to educators
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss (OSSD) -- Ocean Springs School District is excited to announce a partnership with Singing River Health System to provide over 200 Pfizer 1st-dose COVID-19 vaccinations to interested OSSD employees. “Singing River Health System has been an incredible…
Teachers, first responders to be eligible for vaccine Monday
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Tate Reeves has announced Mississippi teachers and first responders will be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine starting Monday. Vaccinations in Mississippi are currently available for people 65 and older, health care workers and those who are at least…
Poll: A third of US adults skeptical of COVID shots
About 1 in 3 Americans say they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Biloxi VA Medical Center to host drive-thru COVID-19 vaccinations Feb. 13 by appointment only
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) – The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System's Biloxi Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Biloxi is set to provide drive-thru COVID-19 vaccinations on Saturday, Feb. 13. Using the mass vaccination model used by numerous public health…
Memorial Hospital accepting first-dose vaccine appointments
Memorial Hospital is accepting appointments for the Pfizer COVID-19 first dose vaccination for ages 65 years and older, anyone 18 to 64 with a chronic health condition, and healthcare personnel. There is no cost for appointments. Individuals…
Second round of vaccines distributed at Pass Christian Health and Rehabilitation Center
Pass Christian Health and Rehabilitation Center residents and staff got their second round of the Pfizer COVID vaccine today. More than 50 residents live at the nursing home. Around 40 of those residents and a number of…
Gov. Reeves hoping to get more COVID-19 vaccine doses for Mississippi soon
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – Governor Tate Reeves says the state of Mississippi passed a major milestone over the weekend. As of today, more than 100,000 Mississippians have been vaccinated. Almost 10,000 Mississippians have received both doses of vaccine. However, right now there are more people who are interested in being vaccinated than there are available […]
Moderna vaccine distributed to seniors over 75 in D’Iberville
Thousands of seniors on the Gulf Coast have been vaccinated this week with the Moderna vaccine. Today at the D’Iberville Community Center, walk-in patients were given their first of two doses. Memorial had 800 Moderna vaccines at…