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Interfaith clergy members gather for COVID-19 day of mourning and remembrance

An interfaith group gathered in Jackson for a memorial service dedicated to 10,129 Mississippi residents who have died from COVID-19.
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Gov. Tate Reeves says he and attorney general will sue over Biden vaccine mandate

Mississippi has one of the lowest vaccination rates in America, ranking 47th. The virus has killed more than 10,000 Mississippians.
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Children ages 5-11 are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. Shots will be widely available in Mississippi next week.

On Nov. 7, 16 CVS pharmacies across Mississippi will begin providing vaccinations for this age group.
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Wicker, Hyde-Smith join other Mississippi Republicans in opposing Biden vaccine mandate

Mississippi has one of the lowest vaccination rates in America, ranking 47th. The virus has killed more than 10,000 Mississippians.
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Mississippi reports no new COVID-19 deaths for first time in four months

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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81 percent of employees in Jackson Public Schools fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Eighty-one percent of Jackson Public Schools’ employees are vaccinated.
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Mississippi joins other states suing over Biden vaccine mandate

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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Nurses beg Gov. Tate Reeves to act as they face statewide hospital staffing crisis

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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Gov. Reeves wins first round in challenge to Biden’s vaccine mandate

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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Pig-to-human transplants come a step closer with new test

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 […]