Health

Zero new COVID-19 deaths were reported on Thursday, making Nov. 3 the first day since June 30 without a pandemic-related death in Mississippi. 
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Eighty-one percent of Jackson Public Schools’ employees are vaccinated.
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Mississippi has joined a lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of companies that have contracts with the federal government.
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Mississippi nurses are begging Gov. Tate Reeves for help as they stare down closing hundreds of hospital beds due to labor shortages.
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A federal court issued a temporary halt on a mandate that some companies require their workers to be vaccinated or get weekly COVID tests.
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal […]

By ISABELLE TAFT, Sun Herald JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ When Moss Point High School teacher Louis Henderson first started bringing his bike into his classroom to keep it safe before after-school rides last year, his […]

Being outdoors in the sun’s rays triggers the release of sex hormones.
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Algeria is the final country to ban the sale of the toxic fuel.
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The card game also helps strengthen cognition and broaden social interactions.
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