HC News
From COVID-19 variant to variant, critical care providers fight to save lives
Published on Monday, January 24, 2022 By: Ruth Cummins, ricummins@umc.edu Six months pregnant with her first child, hospitalized and her lungs ravaged by COVID-19 and a cough that wouldn’t quit, Amber Rodgers made a terrifying decision. “The doctor came in and was talking about the ventilator,” Rodgers, 21, said of her critical care physician at the […]
Omicron and Delta variants: What do we know?
Published on Monday, January 10, 2022 By: Ruth Cummins, ricummins@umc.edu Dr. Jason Parham, professor and chief of the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Bhagyashri Navalkele, assistant professor and medical director of infection prevention, answer questions on what we know about the Omicron and Delta COVID-19 variants. What do we know now about […]
Holiday Hours for UHS
University Health Services will close at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, and remain closed through December 31, 2021, in accordance with the university. We will return to operations on Monday, January 3, 2022, at 8:00 am. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday break and happy new year!
Fight the Flu
University Kicks Off Semester with Vaccine Clinics
With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the state, the University of Mississippi is working to ensure that members of the university community have plenty of opportunities to be vaccinated at convenient times and locations. Over the course of four days near the beginning of the semester, volunteers from the School of Pharmacy administered more than 200 Pfizer vaccinations […]