The Better Business Bureau is sounding the alarm on the possibility of pop-up fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites. The organization said a little bit of work before getting your test can help with any major headaches brought about by scammers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly weighing whether to update mask recommendations to encourage people to wear KN95 or N95 masks.
While COVID-19 case numbers and positivity rates are going down, hospitalizations are going up. Now, there are more COVID-19 patients in Shelby County hospitals than ever before.
The health department is making the Pfizer booster shot available to more children in Shelby County as schools start up after the holidays and the omicron variant spreads.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson held his weekly briefing Tuesday to discuss the state’s response to the omicron variant as cases rage across the natural state.
Education, survival and victory. That’s the goal of one organization when it comes to a major disparity for breast cancer deaths here in the State of Tennessee.
Healthcare fields across the board are reporting labor shortages. So, some programs across the Mid-South are accelerating to get more people on the job quicker.
This week, Dr. Mazumder gave an update on the status of COVID-19 hospitalizations within the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare System and addressed the state of therapeutics.
Arkansas continues to see record-high COVID-19 cases as its test positivity rate stands close to 30% while vaccinations remain low compared to other states in the country.
With limited staff and growing case numbers, Mississippi is concerned extra stress is about to be put on the state’s hospitals. As of Thursday,1,034 people were in Mississippi hospitals with COVID-19.
The Mid-south says therapeutic drugs are in short supply to treat COVID-19. States will soon receive word of what their next allocation of monoclonal antibodies and antiviral pills looks like.
The COVID-19 test positivity has rate skyrocketed again, jumping up 16.5% from the previous week and setting a new record high for the almost two-year-long pandemic.
A hospitalization peak may hit this weekend. Now, 575 people are in the hospital with COVID-19 in Shelby County. Officials expect that number to reach pandemic highs this weekend.
The Shelby County Health Department announced that mass drive-thru COVID-19 testing site schedules will be adjusted on Thursday, January 6, due to the forecast of overnight winter weather.
