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Public health professionals gather at the Healthy MS conference

FLOWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) -Public health professionals from around the state gathered at the Sheraton Hotel to kick off the 11th Annual Healthy Mississippi Conference. The 3-day conference is hosted by ...
WAPT

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 ...
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Mississippi Declares Public Health Emergency Over Infant Deaths

Mississippi’s infant death rate hit 9.7 deaths per 1,000 births in 2024 Nearly half of Mississippi counties lack maternity care Experts say Medicaid plays a critical role in maternal and infant care ...
Houston Public Media

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 ...
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Mississippi Public Health Institute holds Richton clinic

RICHTON, Miss. (WDAM) - Residents of Richton were given the opportunity Friday to consider options when it came to their health. The Mississippi Public Health Institute and the Domestic Abuse Family ...
Yahoo

Behavioral Health Summit encourages change in MS drug, mental health services. See details

First responders gathered in Jackson on Tuesday for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety's inaugural Behavioral Health Deflection Summit. The summit's purpose was two-fold: to provide first ...
Daily Journal

Public health report card highlights high preventable death rates in Mississippi

Mississippi earned low marks for preventable deaths related to heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, and high marks for declining opioid overdose deaths and school-aged vaccination rates ...
WWNO

Mississippi campaign aims to bridge the breastfeeding gap for Black mothers in the Gulf South

A Mississippi Public Health Institute campaign called Sharing Health Education Awareness hosted a community baby shower on Aug. 19, as a way to support pregnant and new mothers on their breastfeeding ...
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Mississippi’s Infant Mortality Rate Has Experts Sounding the Alarm as More Babies Die Each Year

Why is the infant mortality rate so high in Mississippi? Officials declare a public health emergency as the state's death ...
Daily Journal

Cuts to state health agencies will affect health workers, bird flu efforts, substance use programs

Cuts to public health and mental health funding in Mississippi have doubled – reaching approximately $238 million – since initial estimates last week, when cancellations to federal grants allocated ...
WREG

MS declares public health emergency over rising infant mortality

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has declared a public health emergency following a troubling rise in infant mortality across the state. According to MSDH’s 2024 data ...
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Mississippi declares public health emergency on infant mortality

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant mortality rates across the state. According to the agency, ...