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Gallery: “Hear our voice! Mandate choice!” Vaccine mandate protestors gather outside Baptist Medical Center

Approximately 100 protesters against Baptist Memorial Health Care’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate gathered along Belk Boulevard outside Baptist Medical Center in Oxford the evening of Sept. 1. Protesters chanted “Hear our voice! Mandate

September 1, 2021

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Mississippi receives over $20 million in mental health funding

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health has recently received millions in federal funding from two grants. In total, the state will take in over $20.5 million in order to provide resources to

April 9, 2021

News

Opinion: For the sake of doctors, say no to universal healthcare

Throughout the presidential debates, campaigns and now the pandemic, healthcare has become a hot-button issue. Self-proclaimed Democratic-Socialist Bernie Sanders has painted an idyllic picture of what he believes healthcare should be in

October 5, 2020

Opinion

UM professor designs reusable mask for healthcare professionals

Chip Wade was making lunch at his home in Oxford when his wife, who was swiffering the floor, asked him to get her another filter for the mop. At that moment, something

April 8, 2020

News

Opinion: The inescapable tariff on life

There are many factors that affect the price of healthcare in the United States. Chiefly among these are insurers, excessive litigation, volatile prices for medical supplies, the uninsured and uncontrolled drug prices.

November 2, 2018

Opinion