Data from the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) indicated that Mississippi’s cervical cancer death rate has again risen to alarming levels. January marks the

Mississippi State caught a break after Taylor’s injury scare, but the decision to leave him in could have changed the program’s trajectory.

Mississippi has received over $205 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve health care in rural areas, aiming for reliable access to high-quality services by 2031.

Mississippi led the nation in infant deaths for multiple years, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). State Rep. Kevin Felsher (R-District 117), House Vice Chair of the Public Health and Human Services Committee,

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Monday, Dec. 29, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded the state more than $200 million through the Rural Health Transformation Program for healthcare in rural communities.

Mississippi will receive nearly $206 million in the 2026 fiscal year as a part of a federal program that aims to transform rural health care and offset budget cuts that could harm rural hospitals.

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 (MSDH). MSDH said, as of July 16, 80 cases of ...

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 ISSUE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 16 WAPT’S KENDALL ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded Mississippi nearly $206 million to strengthen healthcare in rural communities throughout the state. This comes after the state submitted its plan last month for the Rural Health Transformation program.

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) announced its top baby names of 2025 on Tuesday. James and Amelia top the lists, according to the MSDH’s Office of Vital Records and Public Health Statistics.