If you have any symptoms at all, stay home. If you do not have symptoms, then you can start to think about travel for the holidays. Knowing that tests are imperfect, the safest thing you can do is to strictly self-quarantine for 14 days before your visit. Testing can offer a helpful data point, but a quarantine is the more foolproof option.
Neither party has stood up for American descendants of slavery when it comes to racial disparities in environmental, social and economic policies. Co-founder Leo Carney writes that ADOS of MS are seeking reparative justice that is a pathway for statewide and federal reparations for American descendants of slavery in Mississippi and across America.
The U.S. has held elections in worse times than now, but this year brings daunting challenges to voting. Here, academic experts describe five major threats to election 2020—and one shares tips to make sure your vote is counted anyway.
Since we don’t have an approved vaccine in widespread use, yet, protective measures are still essential. As a nursing-school dean, recommend taking these seven simple steps to protect yourself and your loved ones and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Mississippi hospitals are “stretched thin,” and Mississippians “will not be able to get the health care (they) need” as the novel coronavirus outbreak accelerates across the state, top health experts warned during a dire press conference this morning. Already, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said, five of the state’s largest hospitals have already run out of ICU beds for critical patients.
The State of Mississippi reported a record-breaking 1,092 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases this afternoon, blowing past and nearly doubling the previous record. The Mississippi State Department of Health also announced five more deaths, bringing the total since the pandemic hit the Magnolia State to 999.
Doulas provide emotional and physical support before, during, and after birth. With concerns over the spread of COVID-19, this service has become even more crucial.
As many as 18,000 Mississippi prisoners could contract COVID-19, and nearly 200 could die unless the governor takes action, a top criminal-justice reform organization claims.
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