Laura Santhanam

The Mississippi Public Health Laboratory is temporarily outsourcing some services to neighboring states after building repairs forced the facility to pause roughly a third of the tests it performs, including those for HIV, flu, COVID-19, whooping cough and measles.

The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on healthcare issues, released a report Wednesday that provided a nationwide look at how health outcomes, access to care, and quality of care differ based on racial and ethnic identity. The report shows that, compared to national rates, a higher number of Mississippians die from avoidable deaths, lack health insurance, and have less preventative care such as cancer screenings. These trends are heightened for Black Mississippians.

The future of the 25-bed Greenwood Leflore Hospital, which has treated patients in the Mississippi Delta for more than a century, hangs in the balance amid its steadily worsening financial situation.

The Health Department does not have the resources to provide home visitation services to expectant mothers and their infants in all 82 counties, State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney told reporters recently.

One transmasculine student was then publicly outed on May 17, when D’Iberville High School’s Facebook page posted what appears to be a digitally altered version of his senior portrait while congratulating him as this year’s salutatorian. The post highlights Jonas Hole’s “hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence.” It also repeatedly uses his former name, also known as a deadname.

On May 17, D’Iberville High School published a Facebook post that used Jonas Hole’s former name and allegedly edited his photograph to appear more feminine.

As Mississippi prepares to open applications for grants to improve rural healthcare, lawmakers on Thursday voiced concerns about transparency and whether the hundreds of millions of federal dollars awarded to the state will reach and benefit rural communities.

Mississippi's Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council has selected the Denver-based health consulting firm Steadman Group to advise the committee's grant application process for the upcoming cycle.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi has updated its guidelines for HIV prevention medication after a national advocacy group alleged the insurer’s

Allen Siegler, mental health reporter for Mississippi Today, was awarded the Community Champion Award from the Institute for Nonprofit News for his investigation that explored how Mississippi has spent opioid settlement funds.