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Mississippi has a robust supply of oral antivirals to treat people who have COVID-19, but little of that supply has been used during the omicron wave.

Mississippi sees big jump in COVID-19 positive test results Mississippi health officials say the state is seeing its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in months as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread. Posted: Jul 26, 2021 3:23 PM Posted By: Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi health officials reported Monday that the state is seeing its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in months as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread. The state is also experiencing a sharp increase in ...

The Greenwood Commonwealth on allowing the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine cold and sinus medications without a prescription: There are two ways, one correct and one not, to look at the Mississippi Legislature’s decision to resume allowing the sale of certain cold and sinus medications without a prescription. A bill that won almost unanimous support in both the House and Senate will, assuming Gov. Tate Reeves signs the legislation, begin in 2022 a two-year period in which ephedrine and pseudoephedrine can be sold without a prescription in products such as Sudafed and Claritin-D. It w...

The Greenwood Commonwealth on the lack of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi: In his 2,200-word State of the State address Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves did not make a single mention of Medicaid or Medicaid expansion. Other than saying that “Mississippians don’t want welfare,” there’s not even a reading between the lines to indicate that the subject is on his mind. Such negligence has established Reeves as the leading obstacle to doing what 38 other states and the District of Columbia have done - accepting the federal government’s generous offer to cover 90% of the cost of...