On the frontlines of COVID fighting fears and misinformation

With COVID-19 cases climbing into the thousands from the Delta variant and deaths once again reaching double digits, the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting asked Dr. Dan Edney for his insights as chief medical officer for the state Department of Health and a clinician.

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Physical therapy ‘absolutely vital’ to some COVID patients, healthcare worker discovers

Tamika Love, a graduate of Jackson State University and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is a doctor of physical therapy at Baptist Hospital in Tennessee.

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Tupelo nurse practitioner adds up COVID’s cost in lives and job security

Janice Driskell is a nurse practitioner, who works at in a clinic in Tupelo.

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Nonprofit COO expands minority health outreach to include rapid COVID-19 testing

Mauda L. Monger is chief operating officer at My Brother’s Keeper Inc. in Jackson

From the Frontlines: Emergency nurse faces daily battle with COVID-19

Lacey Ward is a registered nurse in the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Adult Emergency Department.

Two months after mask mandate ends, Mississippi sees record ‘uncontrolled spread’ of COVID-19

Since Gov. Tate Reeves lifted a statewide mask mandate two months ago, COVID-19 cases have skyrocketed to record levels in Mississippi, where there is now an “uncontrolled spread” of the disease.