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State and local health departments across the U.S. recently lost the final two years of a $1 billion federal investment to treat and prevent sexually...
Several states told the Associated Press that the biggest impact of having the program canceled in the national debt ceiling deal is that they're struggling to expand their disease intervention specialist workforce.
Every region in Mississippi ranked higher in infant mortality than the national average of 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the state’s 2021 Mississippi Infant Mortality Report released last week. This report comes one month after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing that Mississippi’s infant mortality rate reached a five-year high while the national rate […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
Failing to expand Medicaid has caused premature deaths, according to reports.
Following a recent report that only a third of hospitals would be eligible for a $103 million lifeline grant program, Mississippi’s state health officer is hoping that number can be upped to 85 percent with a new “workaround.” During Friday’s episode of The Gallo Show, Dr. Dan Edney said officials...