JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — West Nile Virus has claimed its first Mississippi victim of 2014. The state Department of Health said Tuesday that a Yazoo County resident died from the mosquito-borne illness earlier this month, […]
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — One of Liberia’s most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, officials said Sunday, and an American physician was being treated for the deadly virus, highlighting the risks facing health […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — If you have health insurance on your job, you probably don’t give much thought to each year’s renewal. But make the same assumption in one of the new health law plans […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi State Department of Health is confirming one new human case of chikungunya (chih-kihn-GUHN’-yuh) virus. Health officials say in a news release the newest case occurred in a resident who […]
By MARIA CHENG LONDON (AP) — The number of people living with HIV worldwide has remained virtually unchanged in the past two years and AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest since peaking almost a decade ago, […]
The Associated Press A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV — and therefore is not cured. The news […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed the first case of chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne illness traditionally found in Africa and Asia. State health officials say in a news release […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A legislative watchdog committee is criticizing how the Department of Mental Health handled a contract to shut down its community care unit at the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The Joint […]
The Associated Press The fungus that causes a deadly bat disease has been found for the first time in Mississippi, though the disease itself has not been found there. The fungus was in samples collected […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Patients seeking care through the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Veterans Administration Medical center in Jackson are waiting an average of 45 days for their first appointment with a primary care doctor, according […]
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