Governor Reeves calls new CDC guidance “wrong & foolish”
Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced updated guidelines that call for Americans in areas of “high or substantial transmission”...
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MSDH enacts ‘COVID-19 System of Care Plan’ as surge strains hospitals
On a day that Mississippi experienced its largest one-day rise in new COVID-19 cases since late January with 1,875 cases, the state’s top health officials...
Can doctors determine which COVID-19 patients may be more at-risk before symptoms develop?
by Andi Davis
Image above: Some of the UMMC researchers teaming up with scientists at Harvard and MIT to study the early cellular response to COVID-19 and what...
MDOC pauses visitation at state prisons amid rising COVID-19 cases
Visitation at all Mississippi prisons has been suspended due to an increase in COVID-19 cases across the state. Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain announced today...
CDC recommends masks in schools & indoor settings for fully vaccinated
Photo courtesy of CDC With the Delta variant causing a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country once again, the Centers for Disease Control and...
Educators call for mask mandate in schools as academic year nears
The beginning of the 2021-22 school year is just weeks away, and with Mississippi facing rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the Mississippi Association of Educators...
Walmart Hosts Free Wellness Day in Mississippi July 24
The CDC says at least 41% of Americans have delayed health care during the pandemic, but this weekend you’ve got a chance to change that. ...
MS National Guard Wraps Up 16 Month Covid Mission
The way the Mississippi National Guard was utilized during the pandemic is nothing short of historic. But Lt. Colonel Jeremy Parker told SuperTalk Mississippi this was an...
As cases & hospitalizations rise, vaccination numbers follow
As Mississippi’s vaccination rate remains tied for last in the country with Alabama at 33.9%, the State Department of Health is reporting more than 1,000...
Mississippi sees first one-day rise of 900+ COVID-19 cases since February
Mississippi has now seen its first one-day rise of 900+ COVID-19 cases since late February. After State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs warned that the...