Pharmacies join effort to administer COVID vaccine
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes increasingly available, several clinics and pharmacies in the Golden Triangle area are offering the vaccine to eligible residents.
Family Pharmacy No. 1, Family Pharmacy No. 2 and Southern Drugs are a few pharmacies in Columbus currently offering different types of the vaccine.
SOCSD announces administrative changes for next school year
Both Overstreet Elementary School and Partnership Middle School will have new principals next year.
Overstreet Principal Cynthia Milons is taking a position as graduation coach at Starkville High School. Partnership Principal Julie Kennedy will take Milons’ current position at Overstreet.
Despite statewide issues, area LTC vaccinations ‘smooth’
While state health director Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Friday efforts to vaccinate the state’s roughly 51,000 residents of long-term care facilities has been sluggish so far, a sampling of local LTCs suggests much better results in the Golden Triangle.
37,000 additional vaccine doses expected in state this week
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Friday that he is expecting about 37,000 first doses of coronavirus vaccine to arrive in the next week, which will help bolster the state’s supply after a surge in demand left the state with no available appointments at drive-thru vaccination sites.
Drive-through vaccine sites set up for health workers
Health care professionals in Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties will have the opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccine from the Mississippi State Department of Health this week.
Doctors stress importance of taking COVID vaccine as it becomes available
Dr. Jack Reed has worked for Baptist Memorial Hospital for 45 years, and on Wednesday, he was the first employee there to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
First COVID vaccines coming to area hospitals
Golden Triangle hospitals will begin receiving shipments of COVID-19 vaccine as early as Monday, according to officials from area hospitals.
State Senate bills seek to allow religious, philosophical exemptions for vaccinating children
Four years ago, Mary Esther Elam’s son, Cole, was battling for his life against cancer.
The disease severely weakened his immune system, and Elam said the family relied on “herd immunity” while he was sick.
Mississippi vaccine exemption bill not coming up for vote
Mississippi lawmakers will not vote this year on creating a religious exemption to Mississippi’s vaccination requirements, a committee chairman says.
Mississippi, West Virginia toughest on school immunizations
With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health crises. Yet when it comes to getting children vaccinated, these states don’t mess around.
Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative Republicans
As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans.
Vaccine debate tests first-time White House hopefuls
For a pair of first-time presidential hopefuls, the sudden injection of the childhood vaccine debate into the 2016 campaign is a lesson in how unexpected issues can become stumbling blocks.
Hillary Clinton on vaccines: ‘The science is clear’
Hillary Rodham Clinton is tweaking Republicans who say vaccinations should be optional, writing on social media that vaccines protect the lives of children.
Froma Harrop: The rich and their anti-vaccine quacks
California parents are refusing to vaccinate their kindergartners at twice the rate of seven years ago.
Vaccines: A choice or requirement? Some moms say they should have more of a voice in process
With last week’s announcement that students entering the seventh grade must have a Tdap vaccine, most parents simply shrugged their shoulders and added the shot to their school “to do” list. But some moms are digging in their heels.