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Dr. Claude Brunson, Executive Director, Mississippi State Medical Association, receives the Pfizer-BioNtech covid vaccination, applied by Mississippi Health Dept. immunization program nurse Lois Moore. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Health department clarifies vaccine supply, new appointments available Jan. 25

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 4,099 Reads

The state health department announced Friday that it received additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which will go towards already booked appointments next week.

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Data: Vaccination progress in Mississippi

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View the map and charts below for the latest COVID-19 vaccine data in Mississippi:

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Policy experts explore Jackson water solutions, highlight void in federal aid

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 966 Reads

The fragility of Jackson’s water system, plagued by decades of outmigration, deferred maintenance and declining federal support, was on full national display in February after a historic freeze left at least 40,000 without running water for weeks.

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‘We’re failing minority communities’: Why Black Mississippians are receiving fewer COVID-19 vaccines than white Mississippians

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 1,767 Reads

Dr. Andrea Phillips and other Black physicians in the state gathered at her small solo clinic in Jackson for a press conference on Jan. 5, a day after Mississippi’s general elderly population became eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

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Reeves says Mississippi will receive increased supply of COVID-19 vaccines in coming weeks

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 1,517 Reads

Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday said he expects an increase in the state’s vaccine allotment starting next week and set a goal to administer 100,000 doses a week during the month of February.

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State Health Department announces all of its vaccine appointments are booked

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 1,890 Reads

The state Department of Health announced Wednesday that all of its appointments to administer vaccines are booked and no additional doses are available at this time.

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Older Mississippians will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines next week

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 1,895 Reads

Mississippi will push up its distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to residents 75 and older to next week, health officials and Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Monday. The state will then begin distributing doses to those 65 and older the following week.

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Mississippi leads country in recent positivity rate of COVID-19 tests

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 3,713 Reads

On multiple occasions this month, state and national leadership have either downplayed or neglected the positivity rate of COVID-19 testing. Yet in Mississippi, that rate continues to grow, as the increase of new cases outpaces the increase of new tests.

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State health officials calls out “reckless abandon” of Mississippians during pandemic

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 1,478 Reads

State health officials gave a plea to Mississippians on Thursday to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously as cases continue to rise and major hospitals reach full capacity.

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