Governor responds as speaker calls for lifting of ‘State of Emergency’
Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Philip Gunn is calling on Governor Tate Reeves to lift the ‘State of Emergency’ enacted in the early...
Category : COVID-19
Variant strains of COVID-19 emerging in Mississippi. Here’s what you should know.
by Andi Davis
You are probably beginning to hear more about variants of COVID-19 which are emerging across the globe. There are different variants of the virus, so...
Gala will honor Mississippians who stepped up during COVID-19 pandemic
Image courtesy of UMMC With the world returning to some sense of normalcy as vaccination efforts continue, the Mississippi State Medical Association is looking to...
YOUR SHOT! Tourism & Hospitality job fair and vaccine drive Monday in Gulfport
by Andi Davis
As Coastal Mississippi seeks to help replenish and bolster the tourism and hospitality workforce ahead of our busy summer months, all tourism and hospitality jobseekers...
Wicker Op-ed: China must be held accountable for global pandemic
by Andi Davis
The following op-ed was provided by the office of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker New Evidence Shows Virus May Have Escaped from Lab From the beginning...
CVS announces sweepstakes to encourage vaccinations
Photo Courtesy of Scott Eisen/CVS Health via AP Images If you get vaccinated at your local CVS, you could win big. The national pharmacy chain...
Ten breakthrough cases of South African variant identified in LTC facilities
Ten additional cases of the South African COVID-19 variant have been identified in association with outbreaks in two Mississippi long-term care facilities—Monroe Hall in Forrest...
SEC Tournament offering vaccines to attending fans
Photo courtesy of SECsports.com If you’re headed to Hoover for the SEC Baseball Tournament, you’ve got a chance to get your COVID-19 vaccine while spending...
CDC looking into possible link between vaccines & myocarditis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a possible link between the COVID-19 vaccine and myocarditis—an inflammation of the heart muscle—among a younger...
MSDH reports weekend total of 482 new COVID-19 cases
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting a 3-day total of 482 new COVID-19 cases. The latest report—which covers May 21-23—brings the state’s total...