Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack
ABC News
A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close clinics and cancel elective procedures for a second day
JACKSON, Miss. -- A ransomware attack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close clinics and cancel elective procedures for a second day on Friday.
University officials warned that the shutdown could continue for days as they try to evaluate the extent of the attack and restore network systems they took down as a precaution.
Hospitals and emergency rooms remained open, and patients there were receiving proper care, Vice Chancellor LouAnn Woodward said at a news conference Thursday. She said the attack affected “many systems,” including the electronic health record platform.
“Some of us in the room have been here long enough that we remember taking care of patients with pen and paper,” she said.
Authorities are trying to determine whether patients' private information was accessed, Woodward said.
Bernie Sanders is coming to Los Angeles to campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats
NASA has begun another practice launch countdown for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts
A young woman in Zambia was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion and ended her pregnancy on her own
EU regulators are investigating Shein over illegal products and an allegedly addictive app design under the bloc’s Digital Services Act
A young woman in Zambia was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion and ended her pregnancy on her own
A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations
The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans will no longer treat tooth decay with dental fillings containing mercury
As the definition of autism has widened, there’s a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis
Measles cases have surpassed 900 in the U.S., according to newly updated data from the CDC.
Some environmental scientists say the EPA rolling back the "endangerment finding" is concerning and could have major implications for human health.
The Trump administration is terminating $600 million in CDC grants for programs supporting HIV and STD prevention and HIV surveillance.
Real people aren’t allowed to post on Moltbook, but humans can scroll through the AI social network as observers.
Mexico could be at risk of losing its measles elimination status as the virus continues to spread across the country.