Masks are no longer mandatory in the Natchez-Adams School District. A release from the district encourages people to continue to mask, but notes that it won't be mandatory anymore inside school buildings and aboard buses. The district says leaders will continue to monitor COVID-19 case counts and may reinstate the mask...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An 11th pediatric coronavirus death in Mississippi was confirmed Tuesday by state health officials. The Mississippi State Department of Health said none of the patients who died had been vaccinated. Since the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in Mississippi in March 2020, the department has report...

COVID-19 home test kits will be available Monday, first-come-first-served. Trinity Medical will be distributing those from 9 to 11 Monday morning at the Vidalia Multicomplex on Vernon Stephens Boulevard and at Trinity Medical Clinic on Serio Boulevard in Ferriday. The tests are supplied by the Health Resources and Serv...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An emergency order extending the time for COVID-19 safeguards in all courts and giving judges discretion to postpone jury trials scheduled through Jan. 28 has been issued by Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph. The state's high court has issued a series of orders to address chang...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for m...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans will reinstitute an indoor mask mandate to fight the spread of COVID-19 while readying for an influx of visitors for the Mardi Gras season, the city health director said Tuesday. Dr. Jennifer Avegno said the mandate takes effect Wednesday at 6 a.m. and will apply to participants in the an...

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com The Louisiana National Guard is continuing to support Covid missions around the state in 2022, at the direction of Governor John Bel Edwards. Cindy Haygood is the Task Force Covid commander with LANG. She says the Omicron surge has led to a huge increase in test site demand throu...

Misty Castile, Shreveport Times Effective Jan. 6, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has suspended prisoner visitation indefinitely at its eight state-run facilities amid a surge in COVID cases. According to a news release, "The Department has taken this precautionary measure to protect its ...

VIDALIA, La. (AP) - In an effort to increase access to COVID-19 testing, especially among rural, remote, under-resourced and other vulnerable populations, Louisiana authorities this week are distributing at-home test kits at no cost. The free kits will be available for curbside pickup only beginning Tuesday, said Tim V...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - COVID-19 outbreaks in Mississippi nursing homes have almost doubled in the past week, an indicator that the state is likely heading into another major surge of virus cases and hospitalizations, a top health official said Wednesday. "We're in the midst of a peak of transmission that we've neve...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana officials are urging residents to go online for Office of Motor Vehicles services, and say 12 offices are temporarily closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The office posted a list of those locations on its website and said reopening dates will be posted when available. "Louisiana r...

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com The City of Shreveport has reinstated the use of face masks in city buildings due to the rapid increase in COVID cases. Mayor Adrian Perkins issued the directive Monday and Perkins himself received a positive result for COVID after visiting one of LSU-Health Shreveport's testing ...

Mississippians can choose between a Rapid or PCR Covid-19 test on Tuesday, September 7th. Drive-through site Tuesday, September 7th, open from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. · Adams County Safe Room, 323 Liberty Road, Natchez, MS Residents who live in and around the Natchez-Adams County area and experiencing symptoms rel...

The latest figures show progress in getting folks in Adams County vaccinated against COVID-19. The number of people in the county who have gotten at least one dose of a COVID vaccine is up 8 percentage points since July. As of Monday, just over 48% of Adams County residents had gotten at least one jab, while nearly 39%...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Health Department is warning people not to use livestock medicine to try to treat COVID-19, after poison-control centers received calls about some ingesting it and becoming ill, including two people who were hospitalized. Meanwhile, as Mississippi continues seeing a sharp increase ...