JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi's poison control center has seen an increase in calls of people taking ivermectin, including versions of the deworming drug intended for livestock, to treat or prevent ...

Officials in Mississippi are bracing for a potential "failure" of the state's hospital system as beds quickly fill up amid the spread of COVID-19 and the delta variant. With the state running short on ...

The Mississippi Health Department on Tuesday ordered all hospitals in the state to allow the transfer of critically ill patients, an effort to help people in rural areas receive care as the state ...

Hospitals in some states have only recently been reimbursed for COVID expenses. East Alabama Medical Center was reimbursed $4.7 million at the end of 2024. The hospital requested the money in 2020, ...

Mississippi and Texas are defying the national trend of rising COVID-19 cases, despite the fact that they eliminated mask mandates and other restrictions in March. Gov. Tate Reeves lifted the mask ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Mississippi woman was sentenced last Thursday to federal prison after defrauding a COVID-19 relief program of over $5 million. Lisa Evans, 42, of Olive Branch, Miss., has been ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Friday, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) released updated COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 schools for the 2021-2022 school year. Health leaders ...

Three rhesus monkeys believed to be infected by multiple viruses that can cause COVID-19, hepatitis C, and herpes remained on the loose on Wednesday, after a truck overturned along a rural Mississippi ...

The federal government program that mailed free at-home COVID-19 tests to households is no longer active. Some insurance providers may still cover the cost of at-home tests, and free tests may be ...