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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 […]
Frequently Asked Flu Questions: 2019-2020 Influenza Season
What viruses will the 2019-2020 flu vaccines protect against? There are many different flu viruses and they are constantly changing. The composition of U.S. flu vaccines is reviewed annually and updated as needed to match circulating flu viruses. Flu vaccines protect against the three or four viruses (depending on the vaccine) that research suggests will […]
Ole Miss Physician Preps SEC Officials for Football Season
Physical fitness is a requirement not only for Southeastern Conference football players taking the field; officials also must demonstrate their physical abilities. An Ole Miss team physician is helping ensure that the officials are physically up to the grinding SEC schedule. The physical fitness test was part of a fall clinic earlier this summer in […]