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Infant Deaths Rise In Mississippi, The Deadliest State For Babies

Mississippi continues to lead the nation in infant deaths, a Sept. 12, 2023, report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows.  

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Heather Harrison September 14, 2023
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Mississippi Fights Nation’s Highest Infant, Fetal Mortality Rates

Private and public organizations are working to save the lives of fetuses, infants and mothers alike in Mississippi—the deadliest state in the U.S. for babies before and after they are born.

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Heather Harrison August 17, 2023
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Mississippi Must Grant Religious Exemptions For Childhood Vaccines, Federal Judge Rules

Anti-vaccine activists are celebrating in Mississippi after a federal judge struck down the State’s long-standing childhood vaccine requirements for public or private school attendance, saying the State must allow religious exemptions like most others already do.

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Ashton Pittman April 20, 2023
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Medicaid For New Moms Could Last A Year—If House Speaker Doesn’t Block Bill

New Mississippi mothers who cannot afford health insurance could continue receiving Medicaid for a year post-birth after Mississippi House lawmakers advanced a bill this morning that would extend coverage beyond the state’s current two-month limit.

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Kayode Crown and Ashton Pittman February 28, 2023
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Doctors: Mississippi Is Still The Most Dangerous State For Mothers and Babies

A new Centers for Disease Control report confirms that Mississippi still leads the nation in preterm births. In 2021, just under 15% of all births in the state were pre-term. Only around 11% of all births were classified as “late preterm,” giving Mississippi the highest rate of moderate or early preterm births as well.

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Nick Judin June 9, 2022
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Mississippi Baby Dies of COVID; Child Deaths In Past 45 Days Exceed Prior 17 Months

For the first time in Mississippi since the pandemic began, a baby has died of COVID-19, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported today. State health leaders confirmed only that the latest child victim is an infant less than a year old.

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Ashton Pittman September 8, 2021
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Mississippi’s Total Pediatric COVID Deaths Double In A Month With Sixth Child Victim

As many Mississippi children have died of COVID-19 over the past month as died during the first 17 months of the pandemic combined. The Mississippi State Department of Health reports that the latest pediatric victim is younger than 5 years old.

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Ashton Pittman August 25, 2021
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Gov. Reeves ‘Praying’ After 8th Grader’s COVID Death, But Unmoved On Masks In Schools

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is not relenting in his opposition to issuing an order mandating masks in all public schools statewide even though a 13-year-old girl died of COVID-19 after starting eighth grade in a mask-optional school district.

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Ashton Pittman August 20, 2021
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Mississippi Quarantines 20,000 With 5,993 Students Positive For COVID; Teen Deaths Rise

At least 5,993 Mississippi students tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two weeks, according to data the Mississippi State Department of Health released today.

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Ashton Pittman August 17, 2021
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