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March 22 saw 67 new cases in the state, with most counties in the state ending up with a new case. [7] On July 9, the Mississippi statehouse was closed due to an outbreak in the legislature, as 26 lawmakers and 10 Capitol employees tested positive for COVID-19. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn were infected.
Flattening the curve is a public health strategy to slow down the spread of an epidemic, used against the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The curve being flattened is the epidemic curve, a visual representation of the number of infected people needing health care over time.
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19. [2] The true COVID-19 death toll in the United States would therefore be higher than official reports, as modeled by a paper published in The ...
Qualifying health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients could get premium pay of up $5,000, under the Mississippi House plan. Miss. House passes bill to give $5,000 premium pay to COVID-19 ...
State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus. Multiple groups of states formed compacts in an attempt to coordinate ...
Mississippi hospitals are running out of beds and thousands of students have already tested positive for the virus since schools opened earlier this month.
Insurance companies and health plans are required to cover eight individual at-home tests per covered person each month. So, for example, a family of four could get up to 32 tests per month, and a ...
According to a study paid for by America's Health Insurance Plans (a Washington lobbyist for the health insurance industry) and carried out by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, increased utilization is the primary driver of rising healthcare costs in the US The study cites numerous causes of increased utilization, including rising consumer demand, new ...