JACKSON, Mississippi — It seems almost quaint now, the optimism that Mississippi legislators expressed in 1999 when they created a health care trust fund. The idea was to sock away the state’s multimillion-dollar annual payments […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a sweeping bill that would for the first time regulate tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and […]
Standing wheelchair allows Jackson woman to work again By Susan Christensen Health and Research News Service Jamecca Jones has enjoyed “making people look beautiful” since the days she fashioned ponytails and freeze curls for her […]
Trice Edney News Wire May is Lupus Awareness Month and on May 20 specifically, health advocates and those directly or indirectly impacted by the disease called lupus Put On Purple to raise awareness and […]
Parents explain pain, hope of children living with disease By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Many parents of children who have sickle cell anemia have watched as their children suffered unrelenting episodes of pain in […]
By Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer NEW YORK – Three out of every 10 gay or bisexual men in several cities in the U.S. South have been diagnosed with the AIDS virus, three times the […]
(AP) Pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Friday it was blocking use of its drugs in lethal injections, which means all federally-approved drugmakers whose medications could be used for executions have now put them off limits. “Pfizer […]
Mississippi Link Newswire May is recognized as American Stroke Month. A stoke is a “brain attack” when one of the blood vessels in the brain ruptures or becomes clogged by a blood clot that reaches […]
Mississippi Link Newswire May is Lupus Awareness Month and World Lupus Day is May 10. World Lupus Day is celebrated in honor of the more than 5 million people living with lupus around the world. […]
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) – Lower than expected patient volumes in the wake of the consolidation of its two Natchez facilities have prompted Merit Health Natchez to reduce its workforce. While organization did not release an […]
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