Nurse practitioner brings expertise and enthusiasm to UM Health Center SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Miele Hudspeth joined the university’s Student Health Services earlier this year as a nurse practitioner. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services OXFORD, Miss. – From taking temperature to giving injections, Miele Hudspeth makes being treated at the V.B. […]
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Welcome Dr. Turner!
Employee Health Center Adds Dr. Nicole Turner as Staff Physician New doctor brings family practice skills to boost patient services AUGUST 16, 2022 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Dr. Nicole Turner has has joined the UM Employee Health Center as a staff physician, bringing more than 15 years’ experience in family practice. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Digital […]
Impact of Monkeypox on Colleges
How Colleges Can Prepare For — and Prevent — Monkeypox Outbreaks By Sylvia Goodman JULY 26, 2022 JOAO LUIZ BULCAO, REDUX CDC and WHO are monitoring the monkeypox epidemic, a disease endemic in a dozen African countries, which has been spreading since May 2022 in Europe and the United States. Even with many campuses emptied out […]
First Monkeypox Case in Mississippi
July 25, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. — Today the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting its first case of Monkeypox in a Mississippi resident. The specimen was tested at the Mississippi State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory. An investigation to identify persons who may have encountered the patient while they were infectious is ongoing. Development […]
Pharmacists Can Prescribe Paxlovid
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe Paxlovid with Certain Limitations New Prescribing Authority Could Improve Access for Some Patients at High Risk for Severe COVID-19 For Immediate Release: July 06, 2022 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revised the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir), to authorize state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe […]
Dr. Gispen Retires after 17 Years of Service
Dr. Jean Gispen praised for providing exceptional care during her time at Ole Miss JUNE 20, 2022 BY ERIN GARRETT OXFORD, Miss. – Dr. Jean Gispen always makes time for her patients. She sits them down, walks them through their diagnosis and answers their questions in detail. That care and concern is what she is known for […]