It’s one more sobering pandemic fact: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose in the...
By Matthew Wynia, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines...
JACKSON, Miss. – Some patients who depend on the Jackson Free Clinic for medical and dental care have no permanent shelter or roof of their own,...
By Will Stribling, Mississippi Today December 20, 2021 The omicron variant of COVID-19 is sweeping through the nation, forcing many families to rethink holiday plans and...
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba has tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple reports. Lumumba tested positive after taking a home test, according to city officials....
By Dan Weissmann December 14, 2021 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Click here for a transcript of the episode. Health insurance is...
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported the first confirmed pediatric influenza death in Mississippi on Monday for the 2021-2022 flu season. Pediatric deaths are...
As Mississippi cases of COVID-19’s Omicron variant grow, experts say some things won’t immediately change: The Delta variant remains the overwhelmingly predominant strain in the state,...
By Nathaniel Hafer, UMass Chan Medical School As winter begins and the holidays are in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered another worrying phase. Emergence...
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News December 9, 2021 For nearly a month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online vaccine tracker has shown that...
