The Mississippi State Board of Health met to discuss several topics on Wednesday, including maternal and infant mortality. In ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the first pediatric flu death of the 2024-25 season on Friday, Jan. 24.

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 ...

The Mississippi Department of Health kicked off its first day of the Healthy Mississippi Conference at the Flowood Sheraton Hotel. More than 300 professionals connected there, discussing topics such ...

Mississippi has seen more whooping cough cases in 2025 than it has in the previous 16 years. Are flu-like illness rates and ...

JACKSON, Miss. - A child died of the flu in Mississippi, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), marking the first child flu death of the 2024-2025 flu season. MSDH did not ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Monday, Dec. 29, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded ...

The Mississippi Department of Health recently declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant deaths in an unusual move to help speed up efforts to cover gaps in care. Lowering the ...

(CNN) — 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 ...