Patients in UMMC's four intensive care units have treatment teams that include board-certified critical care physicians and a wealth of acute-care providers from multiple specialties and subspecialties. These providers are resources that smaller, more rural hospitals don’t have, and they can make all the difference in the level and quality of care patients receive.

We don't know when a COVID-19 vaccine will be developed, but researchers have multiple candidates ready for large human trials. Here’s what one UMMC expert says are important qualities for a safe and effective vaccine, and why immunizations are the best way to build herd immunity.

Thousands of patients annually receive life-saving treatment from AirCare’s critical care paramedics and nurses, but billing practices from AirCare’s new aviation partner left Mississippians insured by BCBS responsible for their entire flight bill. A new agreement forged by UMMC with BCBS Mississippi classifies those customers as in-network, easing their cost burden.

The Medical Center garnered 95 new, continuing, transferred and revised grants and awards totaling $20,292,166 from April-June 2020.

Several interesting events are scheduled for the upcoming week at the Medical Center.

Medical Center leadership is proud to announce the following additions to its faculty and leadership staff.

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of Aug. 24-30.