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Yvonne Moore, left, and Christy Carmichael collect specimen for COVID-19 testing outside of the Aaron E Henry Community Health Services Center in Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, March 29, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

Mississippi leads the nation in COVID- 19 deaths per capita and use of monoclonal antibody treatments
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 86 Reads
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 04:54 PM
While Mississippi is no longer last in its vaccination rate against COVID-19, the state is now leading the nation in COVID-19 deaths per capita.
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Gov. Tate Reeves extends COVID-19 state of emergency another 30 days
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 102 Reads
Fri, 09/10/2021 - 05:12 PM
Governor Tate Reeves announced on Friday that he’s extending Mississippi’s state of emergency order for an additional 30 days.
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Derenda Hancock speaks during a Planned Parenthood rally at the State Capitol in Jackson Thursday, March 14, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

Mississippi pro-choice activists prepare for an America without Roe v. Wade
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 83 Reads
Fri, 09/10/2021 - 09:42 AM
Abortion-rights activists in Mississippi are troubled by the U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed a Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to go into effect last week, but they are not surprised.
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Mississippi, among the least vaccinated states in America, will remember August 2021 as one of the darkest months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inside Mississippi’s darkest month of the COVID-19 pandemic
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 52 Reads
Wed, 09/08/2021 - 10:06 AM
In just one brutal month’s time, the delta variant of COVID-19 accounted for one-fifth of the state of Mississippi’s total cases since the pandemic began and killed nearly 1,000 Mississippians.
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