Health

News Briefs From Across The State Pearl River has highest rate of cases Five newly reported cases of West Nile virus bring the total in Mississippi this year to 24. The state Health Department said a […]

SUMMIT – A Pike County doctor is being held without bond after being charged with diluting chemotherapy drugs for her cancer patients and using the same needles on different patients. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, the 50-year-old […]

FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania – Johnson and Johnson has voluntarily recalled nearly 61,000 bottles of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets due to complaints of a musty, moldy odor. The recall was issued on June 28 after a […]

“I went back home to Cleveland, Ohio and my own mother wouldn’t let me kiss her on the cheeks after learning that I was HIV positive,” said Howard Gilliam, who resides with a friend in […]

There are more than 9,214 Mississippians living with the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). Nationally, there are 1.1 million Americans living with HIV. Data indicate that […]

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, ‘grateful’ great grandmother Linda Young is proud to say she is more than a domestic violence survivor. “I’m an overcomer,” said Young, who serves as house manager for Lizzie’s House. Directed […]

Some may call it unwise, but she calls it holding on to her faith in God. Attorney and boutique owner Vangela Mechelle Wade went through three years of law school with a lump in her […]

FLINT, Mich. — A black general dentist from Flint, Mich. is the 2010-2011 president of the American Dental Association (ADA). Dr. Raymond Gist’s induction took place recently during the ADA’s 151st Annual Session in Orlando, […]