The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) recently announced that State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers will retire at the end of June after more than 30...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today May 31, 2023 What should have been a lifeline for Mississippi’s struggling hospitals is proving to be out of reach for...
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is hosting the 10th Empowering Communities for a Healthy Mississippi Conference this week. The focus of the event is...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today May 19, 2023 A legislative committee on Friday released a report about an LGBTQ+ clinic at the University of Mississippi Medical...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today May 12, 2023 The National Institutes of Health is awarding the University of Mississippi Medical Center about $2 million to study...
By: Ruth Cummins, ricummins@umc.edu Students enrolled in Mississippi’s 138 school districts can get care during the summer holidays for minor illness and injury during virtual visits...
By: Andrea Wright Dilworth, awdilworth@umc.edu The University of Mississippi Medical Center has been selected to join a network of medical centers studying ways to improve health...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today May 9, 2023 It’s the new silent killer in Mississippi. Since 2020, the state has seen at least 27 overdose...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today May 2, 2023 Mississippians who are insured by Medicaid no longer have to make copayments for health care services, the state’s...
Kalisa Conley from Vicksburg, Mississippi was nearly killed by her rare disease because her symptoms were misdiagnosed for over a decade. The inherited genetic disorder, Porphyria,...
