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Omicron Variant Shows Serious Decrease In Neutralizing Activity, Lab Studies Show

Laboratory studies of the omicron variant of COVID-19 from multiple sources reveal a dramatic decrease in neutralizing activity from prior infection with earlier variants and the available vaccines. The results provide a challenging prospect for the future of the pandemic if the variant becomes dominant, and strongly encourage a booster dose for all adults, regardless of health conditions.

Nick Judin December 8, 2021

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First Case of Omicron in Mississippi in Vaccinated Resident Who Visited New York

The Mississippi State Department of Health has detected the first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in Mississippi. Health officials discovered the variant in a fully vaccinated individual who returned to Mississippi from New York, where earlier cases of the variant have been reported, but MSDH could not confirm where the infected individual acquired the virus.

Nick Judin December 7, 2021

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Dr. Eric Topol on the Shape of the Omicron Variant and Ongoing Delta Spread

The potential of immune evasive properties of omicron, Dr. Eric Topol says, are why it is “vital that everyone with an acquired infection of COVID gets additional protection with at least one shot, if not two.”

Nick Judin December 3, 2021

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MSDH Encourages Older, Immunocompromised Mississippians To Get Boosted

“COVID hospitalization on the rise and most older Mississippians un-boosted,” State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs wrote on Tuesday. “Booster doses (are) especially important for Mississippians 65+ or with any medical condition.”

Nick Judin December 1, 2021

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COVID-19 Case Counts Low, But Testing Volume Rebounding

Mississippi State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs is warning that a strong uptick in COVID-19 tests could be a sign of coming case transmission. But emerging data on antiviral treatments for COVID-19 are promising.

Nick Judin November 11, 2021

MFP Voices

Support Black-owned Businesses: Strengthen the Mississippi Delta for Future Generations

As a Black entrepreneur and the owner of Clarksdale’s Delta Blues Alley Café and founder of the Birthplace of American Music Festival (BAM Fest), I want to encourage you to patronize local businesses and uplift our culture. Dollars spent at Black-owned and small businesses instill our communities with pride and strengthen our families.

Jecorry Miller October 19, 2021

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Despite Waning Delta Wave, Mississippi ICU Capacity Still ‘Effectively Zero’

The Mississippi State Department of Health’s Director of Health Protection Jim Craig warned that hospitals across the state are still filled with patients waiting to be transferred out of the emergency room and into intensive care unit beds.

Nick Judin September 17, 2021

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MFP Voices

It’s Been 66 Years: Mississippi, U.S. Should Honor Emmett Till With A National Park

August 28, 2021 marks the 66th anniversary of Emmett Till’s gruesome murder in the Mississippi Delta. He would have turned 80 years old this year—just two years older than the current President of the United States. It is time for our region, state, and country to finally honor Emmett Till and his courageous mother with the creation of an Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Mississippi Delta Civil Rights National Historic Park.

Willie Williams and Patrick Weems August 26, 2021

People

Former First Lady Elise Winter Dies at 95 After Life of Work for Equity, Acceptance, Compassion

Former first lady of Mississippi Elise Varner Winter reacts to questions from Elbert Hilliard, former director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Jackson, Miss. Winter wrote a book based on her entries in a personal daily journal that she kept as the first lady of Mississippi during the 1980-1984 term of her husband, former Gov. William F. Winter. She died July 17, 2021.

Taylor McKay Hathorn July 19, 2021

Omicron Variant Shows Serious Decrease In Neutralizing Activity, Lab Studies Show

First Case of Omicron in Mississippi in Vaccinated Resident Who Visited New York

Dr. Eric Topol on the Shape of the Omicron Variant and Ongoing Delta Spread

MSDH Encourages Older, Immunocompromised Mississippians To Get Boosted

COVID-19 Case Counts Low, But Testing Volume Rebounding

Support Black-owned Businesses: Strengthen the Mississippi Delta for Future Generations

Despite Waning Delta Wave, Mississippi ICU Capacity Still ‘Effectively Zero’

It’s Been 66 Years: Mississippi, U.S. Should Honor Emmett Till With A National Park

Former First Lady Elise Winter Dies at 95 After Life of Work for Equity, Acceptance, Compassion

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