| The latest Public Health Report from the Mississippi State Department of Health. Protecting and advancing health throughout Mississippi. | | | | | | |  While The U.S. has not seen widespread, sustained person-to-person transmission of the new coronavirus COVID-19, public health officials are emphasizing early preparation. MSDH has been readying the state's healthcare system to deal with the possible presence of COVID-19 in Mississippi. This includes assessing hospital and laboratory capacity, reviewing disease control measures, and making sure that healthcare providers can identify coronavirus cases quickly and accurately so that appropriate steps can be taken. The MSDH Public Health Laboratory is now equipped to test for COVID-19. Physicians and healthcare providers in Mississippi have received protocols for identifying possible cases and submitting samples for coronavirus testing. What you can do Individuals can prepare by making basic infection control measures a habit. Like the flu, COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that mainly spreads by coughing and sneezing. If you are familiar with flu prevention, then coronavirus prevention will be similar. Review these healthy habits with your family, and encourage them at school and at work: - Stay home if you are sick, and avoid close contact with anyone who is ill.
- Cover your coughs and sneezes. When possible, cough, sneeze or blow your nose into a tissue, and throw the tissue away.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
- Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly, especially after coughing or sneezing, blowing your nose, and using the bathroom. Effective handwashing takes about 20 seconds, and includes cleaning under fingernails, between fingers, and washing the back of hands as well as the front.
More proper handwashing tips » - Clean surfaces and objects that are touched often.
- Stay in good overall health by eating right and staying active. If you are living with diabetes, heart disease or other condition, keep in touch with your doctor and stay current with your treatment.
- Get a flu shot. Flu is the most severe risk to Mississippians at the moment. A flu vaccination can prevent the flu or make it less severe, and decrease your chance of hospitalization and death. It also keeps you healthier and better able to fight off infections.
|  Most of the nation, including Mississippi, remains in peak flu season, and protection against flu is still critical. This year's flu strain has affected children more severely than usual, with a record number of flu-related deaths in U.S. children. So far this season 125 children have died from flu across the U.S., the highest number in a decade. This year's flu vaccine is proving to be effective, especially in children. Flu vaccination has reduced the risk of illness from flu this season by more than half for children up to 17 years old. It's not too late to get a flu shot to protect you and your family. | | | | | | | - Try water instead: A new study led by Brigham Young University public health researchers finds that the number of calories consumed by 3rd- and 4th-graders in post-game snacks far exceeds the number of calories they actually burn playing in the game. Partly to blame: sugar-sweetened drinks.
Read more » - Think before you drink: Just one sugar-sweetened soda a day can drive up your bad cholesterol and up your risk of heart disease, according to long-term study data. Sodas, sports drinks and fruit-flavored drinks are the biggest source of added sugars for Americans.
Read more » - It all starts with sleep: A new Columbia University study links lack of sleep to poor eating choices, which is putting women at greater risk of heart trouble.
Read more » - Nutrition matters for kids. The healthy habits they start now will stay with them through life.
Start them out right » - Take care of your heart and it will take care of you. Heart disease is the number one killer of Mississippians. You don't have to be its next victim.
Start healthy changes today » The Jackson Heart Study is an extensive ongoing study of African American health in the Jackson, MS area investigating the causes and consequences of heart disease.  Healthy and safe communities make healthy people. When the Jackson Heart Study looked at the conditions in which people lived, they discovered that type 2 diabetes was less likely to develop in people who lived in communities where neighbors trusted and helped one another. Living in neighborhoods with problems like violence and a lack of green spaces, on the other hand, was associated with a greater chance of developing diabetes. It's powerful evidence that building safe and healthy places to live matters to peoples' health. | More about these results » | | | | | |  State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs has called on Mississippi lawmakers to recognize the dangerous epidemic of e-cigarette use (vaping) in Mississippi's schoolchildren, and the damage that nicotine addiction poses to their health and development. Vaping is popular in schools, and vaping devices are easy for kids to buy and use. They are also highly addictive, making vaping hard to quit even though nicotine exposure damages health and affects the developing brains of youth and young adults. Action is needed now to stop the easy access to vaping products by schoolchildren. That means taxing them just as we do cigarettes, passing a state law against e-cigarette use by those under 21, and making those who illegally sell vaping supplies to minors accountable with appropriate penalties. | "C" inspection scores for the past seven days Mississippi food facilities are graded A, B or C, reflecting whether critical violations were found during inspections and how quickly they were corrected. The facilities below received a grade of C for a critical violation not corrected at the time of inspection, or a critical violation repeated from a previous inspection. - Mexico Grill
3727 Hwy 61 North, Tunica - Singh and Sons No. 3
1935 Stateline Rd West, Southaven - Popeye's No. 2190
717 S State St, Clarksdale - Huddle House No. 821
3760 South Eason Blvd, Tupelo - ANL Subway
175 Whaley, Holly Springs - Belzoni Gas Mart
15390 Hwy 49, Belzoni - Otis & Henry's
1380 Warrenton Rd, Vicksburg - Georgetown Truckstop
10186 Hwy 27, Georgetown - The Flea Market
200 Gulfsouth Dr, Flowood - Subway Sandwiches No. 17168
12116 Hwy 63 South, Lucedale - Clark 38 (Shell Gas Station)
4600 Telephone Rd, Pascagoula
Precautions and alerts recently listed by MSDH
Significant violations recently reported from Mississippi child care facility inspections The Mississippi State Department of Health conducts regular inspections of licensed child care facilities to ensure compliance with state regulations. Listed below are violations found during recent inspections that resulted in a monetary penalty for the facility. These violations have the potential to endanger children in these facilities, and include failure to maintain the minimum staff to child ratio, leaving children unattended, failure to conduct a background check, and lack of CPR/first aid training. - The Ginger Bread Kidz, Morton 2/27/2020
Failure to conduct staff background check - Kingdom Kids Learning Center, Mooreville 2/25/2020
Failure to conduct staff background check - Dentiney's Day Care Inc., Louisville 2/24/2020
Failure to conduct staff background check - Empowered for Life, Nettleton 2/24/2020
Lack of recent CPR/First aid certification - Emerson Family School, Starkville 2/24/2020
Failure to conduct staff background check - Little Feet Learning Center, Vancleave 2/20/2020
Failure to conduct staff background check Online database of child care facilities: Find general information, inspection records and penalties for any registered child care facility with our online database. Child care facility search » For a detailed report on any facility, please make a request in writing using our public records request process. Find out more » | | | | Reportable Disease Statistics | | | Mississippi's reportable disease statistics provide the latest figures and yearly totals for selected diseases of public health interest reported to MSDH by hospitals and other health care providers. Current and past months' statistics, with details by public health district, can be viewed online. | | | | | | A sample of services and programs from the Mississippi State Department of Health  MSDH's Chronic Disease Prevention program coordinates efforts to reduce diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other long-term conditions prevalent in the state. Mississippi has some of the highest rates of chronic diseases in the nation, yet common causes underlie many of them. Simple steps such as improved diet and physical activity can prevent or reduce the severity of diseases that could otherwise be fatal. For Mississippians living with a chronic disease, we offer a chronic disease self-management program, Motivated to Live a Better Life. It's a free six-week, step-by-step workshop to help guide those who live with a chronic condition to improve their health and quality of life. | | | |
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