WIGGINS, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi health officials expect to open in 2016 the state’s first stand-alone medical needs shelter. Ground was broken on the shelter earlier this month. The $7.7 million facility will be located […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — State health officials are reporting a third death this year from the West Nile virus in Mississippi. The state Department of Health says Wednesday the most recent death occurred in Forrest […]
Mississippi health officials said the state has confirmed its first pediatric influenza death since the 2009-2010 flu season.
The Mississippi State Department of Health said that a north Mississippi child who died Jan. 27 at a Memphis, Tenn., hospital, had chronic underlying health conditions. The department did not release the child’s age or hometown.
The department said a total of 11 pediatric flu deaths have been recorded in Mississippi since 2007. A pediatric death is defined as one of somebody who is 18 years old or younger. […]
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