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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $3.47 MILLION USDA GRANTS FOR TELEMEDICINE & DISTANCE LEARNING

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of almost $3.5 million in telemedicine and distance learning grants to five healthcare and educational organizations in Mississippi.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program awards will support multi-county projects led by the Delta Health Center, Inc...

HYDE-SMITH GETS FLU VACCINE, CALLS ON MISSISSIPPIANS TO DO THE SAME 

Annual Flu Outbreak Will Add Pressure for Healthcare Providers Amid Ongoing Pandemic 

PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Receives Annual Flu Shot.

MADISON, Miss. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received a flu shot and encouraged fellow Mississippians to be vaccinated amid concerns that the annual influenza outbreak will place added burdens on healthcare workers and hospitals already treating COVID-19 patients.

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HYDE-SMITH MEETS JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT, CONFIDENT OF CONFIRMATION 

VIDEO & B-ROLL:  Senator Hyde-Smith Meets Supreme Court Nominee Judge Barrett.
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Meets Supreme Court Nominee Judge Barrett.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett as part of the Senate confirmation process following her selection by President Donald Trump to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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