Amid the worst pandemic in a century, Mississippi is leading the nation in increased diabetes deaths per capita, according to a just-released study.
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Public Integrity analysis shows 19% live in multigenerational households in Mississippi, increasing vulnerability to the virus
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In yet another blow by the Trump administration against mail-in voting, the U.S. Postal Service is forbidding postmasters from witnessing absentee ballots as they have done in the past.
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In Mississippi, those entering a school, a Wendy’s or a Walmart must wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but those entering packed polling places don’t have to don one.
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Sometimes acclaimed poet C. T. Salazar of Columbus marvels, “Oh, good Lord, what a great life I have.”
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Far more inmates inside Mississippi prisons have COVID-19 than are being detected, new reports suggest.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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