Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves submits rural health plan for federal money. What to know

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz said they want to address the issue considering higher rates of chronic disease in ...

After ‘targeted harassment,’ MS Health Department alters restaurant inspections

How Mississippi restaurant inspectors are identified has changed. The health department also has procedures for restaurants ...
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Gov. Reeves outlines Mississippi’s plan for ensuring quality, accessible healthcare for rural areas by 2031

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is expected to speak on the state’s application for the Rural Health Transformation Plan ...

Health department layoffs gutted preventive health leadership

Abrupt terminations at the Mississippi Department of Health earlier this month removed the directors of about a dozen ...
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Reeves unveils Mississippi’s proposal for Rural Health Transformation Program one day before deadline

Aid,” emphasizing that it is temporary and will not cover all of the losses hospitals are expected to bear as a result of ...

Rodents and insects. These 8 restaurants in, near Jackson fail October health inspections

A "C" rating is considered a failing grade by the Mississippi State Health Department. Eight Jackson-area restaurants ...
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Whooping cough cases in Mississippi have nearly doubled from last year, MSDH says

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - In less than seven months, Mississippi has seen nearly double the number of cases of whooping cough as reported in all of 2024, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health ...

Nearly 30 laid off in October from Mississippi State Department of Health. What to know

A spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Health said all public health essential services are still available with no ...
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Mississippi declares public health emergency over rising infant mortality rates

COMING UP. >> SEE YOU AGAIN IN JUST A BIT, DAVID. THANK YOU. MORE INFANTS ARE DYING IN MISSISSIPPI THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN THE PAST DECADE. >> THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH JUST DECLARED THE ...