WTOK-TV Meridian
National Nurses Day: Celebrating nurses as superheroes
Posted: Wed 4:34 PM, May 06, 2020
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Anderson Regional Health System adopted a superhero theme for its observance of National Nurses Day.
Nurses were also treated to breakfast as a way of saying thanks...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
SBA loans now available for Miss. agribusinesses affected by COVID-19 pandemic
By WDAM Staff
WASHINGTON (WDAM) - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect the economy, including Mississippi’s agriculture and agribusiness industry.
Assistance through the Small...
Seafood Source
USDA to spend USD 70 million in COVID-19 relief funds on domestic seafood
By Steve Bittenbender
May 5, 2020
The U.S Department of Agriculture announced on Monday, 4 May, it had purchased USD 470 million (EUR 433.4 million) worth of agricultural products as part of its COVID-19...
Buckhannon (W.Va.) Record Delta
Capito, GOP colleagues send letter to FBI and ATF on Firearms Background Check System during Coronavirus Pandemic
Posted May 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) sent a letter today to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director...
Feedstuffs
USDA announces $470m in food purchases
Purchases included $120 million in dairy products, $30 million each in pork products, chicken, and catfish products and $50 million in turkey products.
By Jacqui Fatka
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday details of $470...
The Associated Press
U.S. officials award $5.5M for Gulf Coast train service
The Associated Press
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Plans to restore passenger train service along the Gulf Coast are getting a big boost.
Members of Congress from Mississippi announced Friday that the Federal Railroad...
Roll Call
Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
VIDEO
By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernandez
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York City hospitals, intensive care specialists more than 350 miles away at the University of Pittsburgh...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding
The Enterprise-Tocsin
Over $55 million will be going into Mississippi’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities or minority-serving institutions.
According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week...
Roll Call
Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends
Doctors, advocates, lawmakers call for permanent lifting of telehealth restrictions once current emergency eases
By Gopal Ratnam
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Sen. Roger Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith join Gov. Tate Reeves at coronavirus briefing
By Giacomo Bologna
Gov. Tate Reeves was joined by Mississippi Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith at a Wednesday press conference about the state's response to the spread of the...
