Extra COVID-19 booster now open to some high-risk AmericansOlder Americans and people with weak immune systems can get an extra COVID-19 booster dose this spring.
Deion Sanders says HBCUs can be path to NFL for top playersJackson State coach Deion Sanders says historically Black college football programs can be a path the NFL for top recruits, but it is difficult to compete with the wealthier, traditional power schools.
British regulator 1st to OK Moderna's updated COVID boosterBritish drug regulators have become the first in the world to authorize an updated version of Modernaโs coronavirus vaccine that aims to protect against the original virus and the omicron variant.
COVID-19 vaccine sales push Moderna past expectations in Q2Better-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Streetโs second-quarter forecasts.
โA way we resistโ: Quilts honor victims of racial violenceA quilt exhibit at Jackson State University honors dozens of lives lost in the U.S. to racial violence.
To jab or not to jab? Vaccinations still hot topic in sportsSeveral months after COVID-19 vaccinations were made widely available in the United States, vaccination status continues to disrupt professional and college sports.
Pushback challenges vaccination requirements at US collegesThe quickly approaching fall semester has Americaโs colleges under pressure to decide how far they should go to guard their campuses against the coronavirus while navigating legal and political questions and rising infection rates.
Jill Biden touts vaccine in poorly inoculated MississippiFirst lady Jill Biden is encouraging people in one of the least-vaccinated states to roll up their sleeves and get immunized against the coronavirus.
'Sins of our past': Apologies for 1970 Jackson St. shootingsThe mayor of Mississippiโs capital city and a state senator are apologizing for shootings by city and state law enforcement officers 51 years ago at a historically Black college.
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shootingMore than a half century late, Jackson State University, in Mississippi, is honoring its Class of 1970.