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Jackson, Miss. — Numbers released Wednesday show the stark disparity in how the new coronavirus is affecting black and white Mississippians, reflecting longstanding health problems in a state where African Americans are more likely to be poor and uninsured. The...

Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that hospitals in the state have about 3,000 beds, and projections show that almost 400 more beds will be needed when the state reaches its peak of the coronavirus outbreak in...

Week two of online courses is officially done, and students are working to adjust accordingly. The change benefited some students, such as Tyler Dodd, a junior broadcast journalism major. Dodd did not have access to the books required for his...

Between classes being moved online for the rest of the semester, adjusting to using Zoom for lectures and having to suddenly move back home, the effects of the global pandemic COVID-19 have been devastating for students around the country.  The...

The Daily Mississippian won first place for best newspaper and best website in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 Mark of Excellence competition.  Ole Miss students won 13 awards in the competition. There were seven first-place winners and six...

As University of Mississippi students close out their fourth week off-campus and second week of online classes during the coronavirus pandemic, many are still adjusting to life away from Oxford — and it’s not always easy. Some students left their...

Gov. Tate Reeves announced a statewide stay-at-home order on Wednesday afternoon, making Mississippi the 34th state to do so in response to the spread of COVID-19. For weeks, Reeves resisted local and national pressures to issue an order, arguing that...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center and Mississippi State Health Department will continue testing for COVID-19 around the state today in Meridian. At the testing locations, people with symptoms for the virus are tested in their cars with a nose...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7nmIlOEIFc&feature=youtu.be Sara Caroline Bridgers tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, making her one of the first UM students to report contracting the virus. This week, her symptoms have caused her and her family to put their lives on hold...

Despite the University of Mississippi campus being closed for the foreseeable future, Associated Student Body elections will proceed — albeit with considerable changes. Candidates for executive offices cannot pass out stickers, campaign in front of their signs, walk through residence...