We will get through this. It’s unsettling. You organize your life for a predictable world of good schools, reliable daycare, spring break or summertime travel plans, dinners with friends, regular paychecks, late afternoons at the gym, planting the tomatoes and basil in mid-April or (if you feel like gambling) in late March. Then COVID-19 upends […]
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UHS Employee Update
Employee Health Services is committed to serving our faculty and staff and will continue to operate with normal business hours. We are taking extra precautions based on recommendations from the CDC and Mississippi State Department of Health regarding COVID-19 and have made the following changes to our appointments. In an effort to maximize efficiency and […]
UHS Update
Student Health Services will continue to operate with normal business hours. However, in order to meet the urgent health needs of our students who must return to retrieve essential items Monday, March 16 – Wednesday, March 18, our appointment system will have the following changes: COVID-19 Calls/Concerns For students returning Monday-Wednesday, if you believe you […]
Coronavirus Hotline
The MS Department of Health is answering questions on their new COVID-19 Hotline 877-978-6453. Check with them during their regular business hours, 8-5 Monday through Friday. Their website is also a primary resource for coronavirus information 24/7: msdh.ms.gov Source: twitter.com/msdh The safety, health, and well-being of the university community remain our highest priorities. This includes […]
Campus Nurse Discusses Industry Topics at National Conference
Elizabeth Vaughn part of Challenges in College Health panel at annual Medicat meeting FEBRUARY 2, 2020 BY HANNAH NEWBOLD Two University of Mississippi Health Services officials discussed a variety of topics affecting college health during a recent panel session at a nationwide conference for college and health care professionals. Elizabeth Vaughn, IT staff nurse, and Alex Langhart, director […]
Nurse Practitioner Aims for ‘Something Bigger Than Myself’ for Others
Normally, when Lauren Cannon Durham is administering a shot or bandaging a wound, the nurse practitioner is the one asking questions of her patients in the University of Mississippi‘s V.B. Harrison Health Center. Roles reversed recently, however, when a pre-med student having second thoughts about her major asked Durham why she chose to go into her […]