The Mississippi State Department of Health declared a public health emergency. Experts break down systemic issues leading to ...

The Mississippi Department of Health recently declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant deaths in an ...

Maternal mortality rates in Mississippi are among the highest in the nation. On Friday, health leaders, advocates and medical ...

Mississippi’s infant mortality rate climbed to 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024 — the highest in over ten years. A public health emergency ...

The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state. There were 9.7 deaths for every 1,000 births in Mississippi in 2024, the ...

Beginning July 1, the Mississippi Department of Health will charge $25 for all sexually transmitted disease screenings, HIV tests and lab work at its clinics statewide. The tests were previously free, ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) confirmed another case of West Nile Virus (WNV) on Wednesday.

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 ...

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) joined partners across the nation in recognizing 988 Day of Awareness on ...

The infant mortality rate in Mississippi is higher than it's been in more than a decade, state health officials say. - RyanJLane/E+/Getty Images The Mississippi health department declared a public ...

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 ...