Mississippi’s overlooked COVID-19 threat: Families with many generations under one roof

Public Integrity analysis shows 19% live in multigenerational households in Mississippi, increasing vulnerability to the virus

Mississippi News, News, Coronavirus Pandemic, coronavirusKatherine MitchellMarch 26, 2021Joe Biden, Covid-19, covid vaccine, families with many generations, multigenerational household, Paege Fuller, Center for Public Integrity, people of color, elderly, coronavirus, Sang Ngyugen

Congress poised to offer Mississippi more money to expand Medicaid

President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package poised to be approved by Congress offers a sizable financial incentive for Mississippi to expand Medicaid to provide health care coverage to primarily the working poor.

Mississippi News, News, Mississippi SpotlightKatherine MitchellMarch 8, 2021Mississippi Medicaid, federal money, expand coverage, medicaid expansion, Mississippi Spotlight, Unsteady Pulse, medicaid coverage, Joe Biden, Covid-19, covid-19 relief, congress, Hob Bryan, American Rescue Plan Act

Current COVID testing inside Mississippi prisons ‘inadequate and dangerous,’ lawyer says

Far more inmates inside Mississippi prisons have COVID-19 than are being detected, new reports suggest.

Nearly 150 Vermont prisoners in Mississippi positive for COVID-19

Nearly 150 Vermont inmates housed inside a private Mississippi prison have tested positive for COVID-19, but data posted online by the state Department of Corrections shows only 14 inmates infected in that prison.

Mississippi News, Prison, coronavirusKatherine MitchellAugust 11, 2020Mississippi Center for Investigative ReportingVermont prisoners, coronavirus, Covid-19, Mississippi prisons, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, covid-19 unit, mississippi department of corrections, infected inmates, mississippi prisoners, Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, CoreCivic

Telemental health visits soar in Mississippi during the pandemic. Is it a stopgap measure or a roadmap for the future?

University of Mississippi student Johnny Douglas of Oxford was worried that his therapy for depression and anxiety might stop in its tracks when the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Mississippi News, Coronavirus Pandemic, coronavirus, mental healthKatherine MitchellJuly 6, 2020Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingmississippi news, Covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, coronavirus pandemic, mental health, telehealth, depression, anxiety, Mississippi medicaid, therapy

What President Would You Pick to Fight the Current Pandemic?

If you were picking the best president to battle the coronavirus pandemic, whom would you choose?

George Washington, who led his troops through the smallpox pandemic? Abraham Lincoln, who steered the nation through the Civil War? Franklin Roosevelt, who guided the nation through the Great Depression and much of World War II? Or Donald Trump, who is managing the current pandemic?

MCIR Student Correspondents Report on COVID-19 – Its Impact on their Peers and Community

In March, Millsaps College was one of over 1,100 colleges in the nation that was forced to close its doors due to the surge in the coronavirus pandemic and transition from in-person classes to online-only instruction. As a result, students’ lives were turned upside down and they were faced with the harsh reality of our new normal.

COVID-19 confirmed at four Mississippi mental health facilities Dozens of patients, staff members infected.

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health confirmed Friday that 56 patients and an unknown number of staff at four of its 12 facilities have confirmed COVD-19 infections—a much higher number than reported previously, according to figures from the agency.

Mississippi News, Coronavirus Pandemic, coronavirus, mental healthKatherine MitchellMay 1, 2020Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingmississippi news, Covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, coronavirus pandemic, mental health, Mississippi Department of Mental Health, DMH, East Mississippi State Hospital, Boswell Regional Center, North Mississippi Regional Center, Ellisville State School

Parchman inmate’s death tied to COVID-19

COVID-19 may have claimed the life of an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections issued a statement Monday evening about the inmate, who died Saturday. His test for the novel coronavirus came back positive after his death.

Mississippi News, Coronavirus Pandemic, coronavirus, PrisonKatherine MitchellApril 14, 2020Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingmississippi news, Covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, coronavirus pandemic, Parchman coronavirus

Mississippi’s Health Care Cuts Are Costing Lives to COVID-19, Former Chancellor says

State cuts to the health care system over the past decade are costing lives now in the battle against a coronavirus pandemic, says the former chancellor over the University of Mississippi Medical Center.