'Detrimental' to school kids: MS education department set to lose $137M in COVID funds
The U.S. Department of Education rescinded a previously approved year's extension for COVID relief funds in late March.
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Federal cuts to Mississippi health agencies surpass $230 million; will impact community health workers, bird flu efforts, substance use programs
Slashed funding to the state’s health department will impact community health workers, planned improvements to the public ...
These seven restaurants in, around Jackson failed March health inspections. See list here
In the Jackson area, seven restaurants and food-service facilities received a failing health inspection grade in March, ...
Biden’s Health Secretary Joins the Governor’s Race in California
Xavier Becerra, the former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, may face Kamala Harris in a potential ...
Long-sought domestic violence bill heads to governor’s desk
A bill to create a statewide board to study domestic violence deaths squeaked through in the waning hours of the 2025 ...
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MSDH Names New State Health Planning and Research Director
The Mississippi State Department of Health has appointed Dr. Kina White as Director of the Office of State Health Planning ...
Cuts to state health agencies will affect health workers, bird flu efforts, substance use programs
Cuts to public health and mental health funding in Mississippi have doubled – reaching approximately $238 million – since initial estimates last week, when cancellations to federal grants allocated fo ...
Judge Blocks H.H.S. From Terminating $11 Billion in Public Health Grants
A coalition of states sued over the Trump administration’s unexpected move to cut off the funds, which they said imperiled ...
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USM granted $2.3 million for the expansion of mental health services
The University of Southern Mississippi Center for Behavioral Health, in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Mental ...
Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused
Most teenagers don’t use drugs. There’s data to show that because of a 50-year-old government survey that may now be in ...
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NTSB issues preliminary report on fatal Mississippi medical helicopter crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on the medical helicopter crash in ...
Vance was wrong: Maryland father accidentally deported to El Salvador isn't 'convicted MS-13 gang member'
A confidential police source claimed he was an MS-13 gang member — but other cited "evidence" consisted of wearing a hoodie ...