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Kelsey Napper, research administrative assistant III, gives centrifuged blood for the RECOVER study to nurse navigator Amy Wigglesworth for further processing before freezing in this 2022 file photo.

Researchers recruit study participants for treatment of long COVID

Monday, July 31, 2023

An estimated 10 percent of people infected with COVID-19 continue to have symptoms that persist for weeks, months and even years. Researchers are testing the safety and effectiveness of multiple drugs, medical devices and other therapies to find treatments that bring patients relief. Read More

Pharmacist Grace Parmley bags COVID meds at the UMMC pharmacy located in the Pavilion.

COVID still lurks; keep your guard up

Monday, July 18, 2022

As COVID-19’s Omicron BA.5 variant continues to sweep the state and country, everyone is in danger of infection, regardless of whether you’ve had the virus already, or had vaccines and boosters. It’s that contagious, UMMC infectious diseases experts say. That means taking precautions is the best way to avoid getting sick. Read More

Markerria Mays holds brother Olliver Shaw, 8 months, before his COVID-19 vaccination. Olliver's older brother Omari, beside mother Kanyatice Shaw, got his vaccination first.

Batson Kids Clinic now offers COVID-19 vaccinations for children 6 months and older

Protection from COVID-19 is now available for children ages 6 months to 4 years old at Children’s of Mississippi’s Batson Kids Clinic at 421 S. Stadium Drive. Research has shown the vaccines to dramatically lower chances of COVID-19-related hospitalization in older children.

Published on Monday, July 11, 2022

Registered nurse Amy Wigglesworth prepares to enter data gathered at the Clinical Research Trials Unit. She is working on the RECOVER study, a national effort to understand Long COVID.

RECOVER explores Long COVID

UMMC has joined a nationwide study on the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, also known as Long COVID. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, RECOVER aims to understand why millions of people have lingering symptoms post-infection and how to treat and prevent Long COVID.

Published on Monday, February 28, 2022

Research shows that protection against hospitalization for COVID-19 is passed from pregnant mothers to their babies. This makes the babies of mothers vaccinated during pregnancy less likely to need hospitalization for the illness.

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy protects babies, research finds

A study involving experts from the University of Mississippi Medical Center shows infants younger than 6 months are 61 percent less likely to need hospitalization for COVID-19 if their mothers were vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus during pregnancy.

Published on Thursday, February 17, 2022

Nurse manager Gretchen Holloway gives Jayla Smith of Jackson a vaccination protecting her from COVID-19 in Nov. 2021.

Unvaccinated kids bear brunt of COVID-19, studies show

Three national studies that include Children's of Mississippi patients show that children who haven't received the Pfizer vaccine, including ineligible babies and eligible teens, are much more likely to develop severe COVID-19 or MIS-C. The best protection: vaccinating every person in their home who is able.

Published on Monday, January 24, 2022

Registered nurse Melissa Davis gives bedside care to an intubated COVID-19 patient in UMMC's Medical ICU.

From COVID-19 variant to variant, critical care providers fight to save lives

Published on Monday, January 24, 2022

Registered nurse Amy Green cares for a COVID-19 patient in UMMC's Medical Intensive Care Unit.

Omicron surge creates unprecedented staff shortages as hospitalizations rise

Published on Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Dr. Bhagyashri Navalkele and Dr. Jason Parham are leading the University of Mississippi Medical Center's infectious diseases and infection prevention response to the COVID-19 virus.

Omicron and Delta variants: What do we know?

Published on Monday, January 10, 2022

Kehle Hutto of Madison gets her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Kristen Cherry, nurse manager at Children's of Mississippi's Batson Kids Clinic.

Majority of children hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated

Published on Monday, January 10, 2022

Researcher Wenjie Wu, left, and Scientist Ashley Johnson, right, work in the Molecular and Genomics Core Facility and are part of the team sequencing COVID-19 variants present in Mississippi, which now include Omicron.

Omicron’s “surprises” spur scientific interest

Published on Monday, December 13, 2021

Kate Morgan, a registered nurse at the Flowood Family Medicine Clinic, gives patient Sheila Myers of Jackson her COVID-19 booster shot.

Vaccine, booster still best defenses to both Delta and Omicron variants

Published on Monday, December 13, 2021

Nurse manager Kristen Cherry gives a COVID-19 vaccination to Lindsey Anderson of Byram at the Batson Kids Clinic.

COVID-19 vaccination offers kids extra layer of protection, pediatricians say

Published on Monday, November 15, 2021

Zenus Marshall of Jackson, with mom Shelearria Gaylor beside him, watches as nurse manager Kristen Cherry places a bandage on his arm after COVID-19 vaccination.

UMMC COVID vaccination appointments now available for children 5 to 11

Published on Thursday, November 11, 2021

Registered nurse Leslie Parnell checks on sleeping MIS-C patient Emma Corley of Lumberton as her mother, Crystal Head, looks on.

More COVID-related pediatric hospitalizations to come, UMMC experts warn

Published on Monday, August 23, 2021

Medical experts are warning the public of the dangers of taking Ivermectin, a medication used to treat heartworms in cows, as a COVID-19 remedy. Photo copyright Getty Images.

Ivermectin cures parasites in cows, not COVID-19 in humans

Published on Monday, August 23, 2021

Inside a Samaritan's Purse field hospital tent, hospital beds, medical equipment and supplies stand ready for care.

Samaritan’s Purse COVID-19 field hospital to open Wednesday

Published on Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Registered Nurse Helen Ann Campbell checks on Keelyn Green, who is recovering at Children's of Mississippi from a serious bout with COVID-19.

‘It’s unrelenting’: Rising pediatric COVID-19 cases stress full children’s hospital

Published on Monday, August 16, 2021

Shukla Faruque, a participant recruiter for the UMMC Biobank, draws blood from Joshua Ingram in the Clinical Trials and Research Unit. UMMC's adult and pediatric COVID-19 biobanking project enables research on the disease throughout its progression and recovery.

Delta resurgence reignites COVID-19 research

Published on Monday, August 16, 2021

UMMC Emergency Department technician Abby Oliver takes the temperature of patients waiting to be treated and admitted.

ED patient crush logjams health system

Published on Monday, August 16, 2021

The Battle of the Surge: Photographic Story of UMMC and the Rise of COVID-19

The Battle of the Surge: Photographic Story of UMMC and the Rise of COVID-19

Published on Monday, August 16, 2021

Dr. Lee Brown, assistant professor, talks with incoming radiological science students during orientation Thursday.

Seven schools and six ways from Sunday: Students, faculty brazen out COVID surge

Published on Monday, August 16, 2021

David Reed, left, of Pittsburg, and Maria Agresta Workman, of Maryland, members of the federal response team, check personal protective equipment prior to patient arrival at the monoclonal antibody infusion clinic for COVID-19.

UMMC to start monoclonal antibody clinic Tuesday

Published on Monday, August 16, 2021

From left, Billy Lewis of Colonial Heights Baptist Church helps Mark Randolf of Samaritan's Purse raise the walls of a field hospital Monday at UMMC.

Samaritan’s Purse sets up COVID-19 field hospital at UMMC

Published on Monday, August 16, 2021

Care inside the COVID-19 field hospital includes electronic medical charts as well as supportive care such as oxygen and IV fluids.

Field hospital set to ease strain amid record-breaking COVID-19 surge

Published on Thursday, August 12, 2021