Updated Coronavirus, COVID-19 Information

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The University of Mississippi Medical Center is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking aggressive steps to increase testing, promote vaccination, offer the best available treatments and conduct research that will serve patients and families now and in the years to come.

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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

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

As Omicron cases surge in Mississippi and nationwide, the Medical Center is navigating the challenges it brings, namely staff shortages and rising hospitalizations. But there’s hope for the future, with a downward trend in cases hoped for by late January or early February.

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?

Monday, January 10, 2022

As the Omicron variant sweeps Mississippi and the rest of the nation, those at risk of infection – pretty much everyone – are asking questions about its severity, how infectious it is and what the future holds. Two of the Medical Center’s top infectious diseases specialists answer the questions based on what science is now telling us.