Mississippi moms and babies are dying. This training teaches first responders how to save their lives.
Matt Greer of Brookhaven was driving home from his shift at the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services, where he works as a flight nurse, when he got a call from his younger sister. A few days earlier, she had given birth to a healthy baby girl after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Now, she told him she […]
Photo gallery: First responders trained on how to deliver babies
THE TODAY Statewide news delivered to your inbox daily Health professionals and emergency responders participated in a training called STORK, Stabilizing OB and Neonatal Patients, Training for OB/Neonatal Emergencies, Outcome Improvements, Resource Sharing, and Kind Care for Vulnerable Families, at Mississippi Center For Emergency Services in Jackson, Miss. With delivery services becoming more scarce, rural […]
Six months after Dobbs ruling, the work of Gunn’s ‘Commission on Life’ remains a mystery
When House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, announced he would create a special commission after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, he said the group would develop “Next Steps for Life.” Nearly six months later, those next steps remain unclear. The Speaker’s “Commission on Life” has identified no concrete measures or specific policy proposals, several […]
With hospitals under strain, health officials beg people to get COVID, flu vaccines
Larger regional hospitals in Mississippi – where the sickest patients often get their care – are full, and state health officials are begging Mississippians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the flu to protect themselves and the health care system. “It’s the inability to transfer (patients) to a higher level of care – our Level […]
Doce hospitales de Mississippi obtienen la calificación ‘A’ del grupo de seguridad hospitalaria
Read in English: Twelve Mississippi hospitals earn ‘A’ rating from hospital safety group La organización sin fines de lucro Leapfrog Group publicó sus calificaciones de seguridad hospitalaria para el otoño de 2022, y 12 hospitales de Mississippi, incluido el Hospital Greenwood Leflore con problemas financieros, recibieron una calificación A. Manténgase actualizado sobre las últimas noticias […]
Blue Cross, UMMC reach contract agreement after months of negotiation
After months of negotiations during which tens of thousands of Mississippians were unable to access services at the state’s largest hospital, Blue Cross and the University of Mississippi Medical Center have reached a contract agreement. The terms of the agreement are confidential. “Effective December 15, 2022, all UMMC facilities, physicians and other individual Professional Providers […]
Senate study group backs changes to support moms and families
Extending postpartum Medicaid, creating a foster care bill of rights and building a new website to help moms and families find resources are all among the policy priorities backed by the Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families, Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, told Mississippi Today. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann tasked the group with reviewing […]
Extending postpartum coverage to Mississippi mothers ‘a no brainer,’ key lawmaker says
Mississippi can spend about $7 million a year to keep mothers and newborns healthier, or continue to spend tens of millions more dealing with the fallout of having the worst infant and maternal mortality and morbidity in the country, health experts told lawmakers Thursday. “This reminds me of that Midas commercial: Pay me now, or […]
Is abortion legal in Mississippi? Voters could decide
Since the United States Supreme Court in a Mississippi case stripped away a national right to an abortion, citizens in six states, including five earlier this month, have voted to either preserve or expand abortion rights. In no state have voters opted to restrict or to take away abortion rights since the Mississippi case – […]
Louisianans on Medicaid expansion can get care across river at Natchez hospital
Just across the Mississippi River bridge from Natchez are the Louisiana towns of Vidalia, Ferriday and other communities where there are people who have health care coverage through the expansion of Medicaid. Those Louisianans, if they are in the correct Medicaid health care network, can obtain medical services across the bridge in Mississippi at Merit […]