State now has special phone line to help seniors schedule COVID-19 vaccinations (Source: Pixabay/stock image) By Anthony Warren | February 6, 2021 at 11:06 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 4:39 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The state has a new way to help fast-track senior citizens seeking COVID-19 vaccinations.
Seniors 75 and older can now access a special telephone prompt on the state’s COVID-19 hotline to set up vaccination appointments.
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said the prompt was added for those residents, citing a decline in the number of individuals 75 and older signing up for the shots.
“We think part of that is they’re not as computer savvy,” he said.
MSDH, state libraries team up to supply radon test kits The Mississippi State Department of Health and the state s public library system are teaming up this week to distribute radon gas test kits. (Source: WWNY) By WDAM Staff | January 24, 2021 at 7:04 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 7:50 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi State Department of Health’s radon program is partnering with the Mississippi Public Library System this week to offer free radon home test kits as part of “Radon Action Month.”
Radon is an odorless, colorless gas and is the second leading cause of lung cancer nationwide. More than 20,000 Americans die of radon-related lung cancer each year, and radon causes up to 15 percent of lung cancers worldwide.