UM researchers conduct first study of its kind to assess naloxone availability in state AUGUST 22, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT Chad Westmoreland, a pharmacist at University Health Services, checks a naloxone kit. A recent paper from the School of Pharmacy found that the lifesaving drug naloxone is unavailable in more than 40% of Mississippi pharmacies. Photo by […]
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Student Health Helps Support Period@UM
University to Provide Free Menstrual Products on Campus Student group Period@UM fights to end period poverty APRIL 17, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE The university is working this semester to install free menstrual product dispensers in the 25 most-trafficked buildings on campus, including this dispenser at the J.D. Williams Library. Photo by Sri Chattopadhyay/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services […]
‘Below the Belt’ Documentary to Screen on Campus
Film and March 28 panel discussion aim to educate public about endometriosis MARCH 17, 2023 BY EDWIN B. SMITH OXFORD, Miss. – Endometriosis, an often overlooked and misunderstood condition affecting more than 6 million women in the U.S., will take center stage through a March 28 documentary screening and panel discussion at the University of Mississippi. The chronic […]
Increased Chikungunya Virus Activity in Paraguay
What’s Going on? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of an increase in the number of cases of chikungunya reported in Paraguay. Most cases have been reported in the capital district of Asunción and the neighboring Central […]