Dec 22, 2020
MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Close contacts with individuals with COVID-19 and gatherings contribute to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among children, according to research published in the Dec. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Charlotte V. Hobbs, M.D., from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, and colleagues compared exposures reported by parents or guardians of children and adolescents aged younger than 18 years with SARS-CoV-2 infection to exposures reported among those without SARS-CoV-2 for 397 children and adolescents.
The researchers found that in-person school or child care attendance ≤14 days before the SARS-CoV-2 test was reported for 62 and 68 percent of case and control participants, respectively, and was not associated with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result. Parents of 64 percent of case patients and 76 percent
LIST: Free COVID-19 testing locations in the Pine Belt for week of Dec. 21 MSDH is continuing its free coronavirus testing in the Pine Belt. (Source: WVIR) By WDAM Staff | December 21, 2020 at 5:18 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 5:18 PM
PINE BELT (WDAM) - If you need to be tested for COVID-19, the Mississippi State Department of Health is continuing its free testing in the Pine Belt.
Below is a list of locations, dates and times for free coronavirus testing happening in the Pine Belt this week.
Monday, Dec. 21 (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
Forrest County Health Department
Forrest County Health Department
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UMMC: Kids more at risk of virus from holiday gatherings than school Children are more at risk from contracting COVID-19 at a holiday party or family gathering than they are from being in the classroom or in childcare. By Sharie Nicole | December 21, 2020 at 2:10 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 3:45 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Children are more at risk from contracting COVID-19 at a holiday party or family gathering than they are from being in the classroom or in childcare, according to researchers.
Dr. Charlotte Hobbs, professor of pediatric infectious diseases at UMMC, is lead author on the study’s findings. Co-authors include experts from the University of Mississippi School of Nursing and Mississippi State Department of Health.
Children more likely to get COVID-19 at gatherings than at school, UMMC study finds Share Updated: 1:48 PM CST Dec 21, 2020 WAPT Share Updated: 1:48 PM CST Dec 21, 2020 Children are more at risk from contracting COVID-19 at a holiday party or family gathering than they are from being in the classroom or in child care, according to a newly-released study.The study led by University of Mississippi Medical Center experts in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was featured in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the agency’s primary publication for scientific public health information and recommendations. Dr. Charlotte Hobbs, professor of pediatric infectious diseases at UMMC, is lead author on the study’s findings. Co-authors include experts from the University of Mississippi School of Nursing and Mississippi State Department of Health. Our m