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The public health emergency will allow Mississippi to increase resources to address its infant mortality crisis.

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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 ...

Mississippi is facing an infant mortality crisis, and the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) declared a public health emergency in response to the deaths.

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 ...