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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi is one of the first states in the nation to cover a healthcare plan for National Guard soldiers. State Sen. Jeff Tate (R-District 33) said members of the ...
News United States » Mississippi » Health: Mississippi’s top health official says he’s not going to the CDC
Dr. Dan Edney has been the Mississippi state health officer since 2022, and he says he's staying in that job. Edney had been discussed as a possible new leader for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
News United States » Mississippi » Health: What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts
For months, Dr. Daniel Edney had watched his state's infant mortality rate rise. "It just kept climbing," he remembers. "We'd get another death coming in, another death coming in." As the public ...
News United States » Mississippi » Health: How happy is Mississippi? New WalletHub study ranks states on health, work community, more
How happy are you in Mississippi? While personal choices can lead to a lot of personal satisfaction, where someone lives also plays a heavy factor in the stress that adds up in our daily lives.
News United States » Mississippi » Health: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves submits rural health plan for federal money. What to know
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has submitted a Rural Health Transformation Program Plan to the federal government. The plan aims to improve healthcare access and outcomes for rural Mississippians by ...
News United States » Mississippi » Health: As RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby died
The campaign to change the rules was years in the making, orchestrated in part by two men with close ties to US health secretary RFK Jr ...
News United States » Mississippi » Health: Gov. Tate Reeves withholds details of anticipated $500 million rural health plan as other states go public
While most states have made public their proposals for a $50 billion federal investment into rural health care, Mississippi is keeping its plan under wraps. Thirty-two states have made their full ...
News United States » Mississippi » Health: What MS residents should know about new 'Cicada' COVID-19 variant
COVID mutation that was under the radar has been detected in 25 states. The CDC nicknamed BA.3.2 "cicada." It's been found in 23 countries. What to know ...
News United States » Mississippi » Health: Mississippi improves to 48th in national health rankings amid ongoing challenges
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi has improved to 48th in national health rankings, up from 50th place three years ago, according to the latest report from the Mississippi State Department of Health.
News United States » Mississippi » Health: Lawmaker will try again to reform Mississippi’s prison health care
In the wake of Mississippi Today reports of an amputation from a neglected broken bone, untreated hepatitis C and delayed cancer diagnoses, Rep. Becky Currie will try again in the coming legislative ...