Outbreaks: Then vs. Now
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination has been a hotly debated issue on college campuses since students returned to classes in August. Even though the state Institutions of Higher Learning board this week notified student
COVID-19 vaccine now required for UM faculty, staff and student workers
Update: On Nov. 2, Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent an e-mail to the university notifying the university community that the deadline to receive the vaccine or medical/religious exemption has been moved from Dec.
IHL prohibits MS universities from mandating vaccine
The Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning quietly voted to prohibit all public colleges and universities from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine, with exceptions. In the meeting, which took place Friday, Sept. 17, the
Mississippi IHL votes against vaccine mandates for universities
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning voted to ban all Mississippi universities from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine on Sept. 17. “Individual universities have been prohibited by the board from implementing a COVID-19
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