Mississippi is in need of donor breast milk, which can save the lives of vulnerable babies
Care about Mississippi issues? Stay informed daily. Francis De La Rosa of Brandon went into labor with her twins at 26 weeks pregnant in July 2021. Her son and daughter were born weighing about two pounds each, and they were immediately whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Merit Health River Oaks […]
Mississippi is in need of donor breast milk, which can save the lives of vulnerable babies
Care about Mississippi issues? Stay informed daily. Francis De La Rosa of Brandon went into labor with her twins at 26 weeks pregnant in July 2021. Her son and daughter were born weighing about two pounds each, and they were immediately whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Merit Health River Oaks […]
Health coverage for thousands of Mississippians in question as UMMC and Blue Cross negotiate contract
Care about Mississippi issues? Stay informed daily. Thousands of patients of Mississippi’s largest hospital and its clinics could be on the hook for higher out-of-pocket costs if the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi do not agree on a new contract by March 31. The contract dispute dates […]
Mississippi ambulance providers fear a system collapse is near
Mississippi’s ambulance system is falling apart, pushing more and more workers from a job that was a hard sell even before the pandemic. Several of the state’s emergency services leaders told Mississippi Today that while paramedic providers have been troubled for years by an incomplete reimbursement system, low wages and staffing shortages, problems have hit […]
House passes anti-vaccine mandate bill
Keep tabs on the latest news in Mississippi. The Mississippi House unexpectedly took up and passed legislation Thursday that would prevent private companies from forcing their employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination over “sincerely held religious objections.” The bill, authored by House Speaker Philip Gunn, is a response to a battle currently raging between those […]
Mississippi clinics turned women away — even during crises — if they had past due bills
Aubree Jordan of Madison has suffered from endometriosis since she was in middle school. She was a regular patient at The Woman’s Clinic in Madison, and saw her doctor up to five times a year. Keep tabs on the latest news in Mississippi. But after a surgery at the clinic as a college student, she […]
‘We got to get some help:’ Pandemic accelerates need for children’s mental health services
Of all the pandemic-related challenges Ann had to face, nothing was as worrying as when her 8-year-old started having severe anxiety attacks. Keep tabs on the latest news in Mississippi. May, her youngest child, was in second grade when her school abruptly shifted to virtual learning in 2020. She missed her librarian, teachers and friends […]
Physical therapist’s challenge of Mississippi certificate-of-need laws will move forward
Physical therapist Charles “Butch” Slaughter helps Frances Champion with exercises at his clinic in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today Keep tabs on the latest news in Mississippi. A Jackson physical therapist challenging a state law and regulations preventing him from opening a home health care business will get his day […]
‘No one is applying’: Omicron pushes understaffed hospital system into crisis mode
The omicron variant is pushing already strapped Mississippi hospitals across the state to their limits, as health care workers attempt to treat a growing volume of patients despite having record low numbers of nurses on staff. Keep tabs on the latest news in Mississippi. Most, if not all, hospitals across the state were at or […]
Health officials warn of ‘painful’ few weeks for hospital system as omicron surges
Keep tabs on the latest news in Mississippi. Processing… Success! You’re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn’t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Nearing the end of a week in which Mississippi recorded a record number of COVID-19 infections, a majority being the heavily infectious omicron […]