Zika

One New West Nile Case, Two New Zika Cases

The Mississippi State Department of Health reports one new human case of West Nile Virus, bringing the 2016 state total to 22. The reported case is in Rankin County. So far this year, human cases of West Nile Virus have…

New Zika Case On The Mississippi Gulf Coast

The Mississippi department of health reports one new travel related case of Zika virus right here on the coast in Harrison County. This is the second case of Zika reported this month in Harrison County bringing the number of the…

First Travel Related Zika Case in Harrison County

Today, the Mississippi Department of Health reports one new travel related case of Zika virus in Harrison County. This is the second case of Zika reported this month in Harrison County. This brings the 2016 total to 17 in Mississippi.…

Lt. Governor Reeves on CDC Zika Money

Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves and other state leaders hope to purpose the $400,000 received from the CDC for Zika research to help prevent more cases of the virus in our state. Mississippi is one of the states to receive a…

CDC Gives Mississippi Zika Funding

In preparation for the possible spread of the Zika virus, the centers for disease control and prevention has given Mississippi funding to fight the virus. The CDC gave the magnolia state 400 thousand dollars to improve the ability to rapidly…

Zika Case Reported In Harrison County

The first case of travel-related Zika on the Coast has been reported in Harrison County. In this case, the South Mississippi resident had recently traveled to Honduras. This is one of three new cases of travel-related Zika to be reported…

Two New Cases of Zika in Mississippi

Today the Mississippi State Department of Health reports two new cases of Zika, bringing the 2016 total to 11 in Mississippi. The cases were a resident of Oktibbeha County who recently traveled to St. Lucia and a Neshoba County resident…

Three New Zika Cases in Mississippi

Today the Mississippi State Department of Health reports three new cases of Zika virus. This brings the 2016 total to eight. The cases were in residents from Chickasaw, Hinds and Rankin counties who recently traveled to St. Thomas, Nicaragua and…

Second case of Zika reported in Mississippi

The Mississippi Department of Health reports a second confirmed case of Zika.  The report comes from Noxubee County, where the person infected recently traveled to Haiti. In the case reported from Madison County on Thursday, the infected individual also recently travel…

Mississippi Health Officials Reporting First Zika Case

Today the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports its first case of Zika virus. The case was in a Madison County resident who recently traveled to Haiti. Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that may cause devastating birth defects if…