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Pandemic has never been worse in Mississippi, top doctor says as 20,000 students are quarantined
Mississippi State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs, who has likened the latest surge to a “tsunami,” has repeatedly stressed that vaccination remains “our best way out of this pandemic.”
An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine. Now he’s refusing to treat them.
Jason Valentine, a physician in Mobile, Ala., announced he will not see unvaccinated patients starting Oct. 1: “If they asked why, I told them covid is a miserable way to die and I can’t watch them die like that.”
Mississippi braces for ‘failure’ of hospital system due to covid-19 surge and lack of ICU beds
The state is averaging nearly 2,700 new covid-19 infections a day in the past week — spiking 54 percent in the past seven days — and a hospital’s parking garage is being converted to treat additional ICU patients.
Tucker Carlson falsely claims Anthony S. Fauci ‘created’ covid
The Fox News host’s baseless comments come amid a period of rising cases from the delta variant and low vaccinate rates.
Tennessee resumes most vaccine outreach to minors paused after GOP backlash
Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said the state would restart its outreach recommending vaccinations for children and teens, including offering them at events on school property, as early as next week.
Johnson & Johnson recalls five Neutrogena, Aveeno sunscreen products containing traces of benzene
The recall involves four Neutrogena aerosol sunscreen versions and Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen.
Coronavirus outbreak killed two at Fla. office, official says. A vaccinated person was spared.
Six unvaccinated employees at a government building tested positive for the virus within a two-week period, Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes said.
