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Opinion | If We Want Healthier Kids, We Should Not Cut Medicaid

by John Gaudet October 9, 2025October 8, 2025

John Gaudet writes that President Donald Trump’s Medicaid cuts will be disastrous for Mississippi’s most vulnerable patients.

Opinion | Address Jackson Water Crisis, Then All Existing Systems Failing Our Children

by Nate SchumannSeptember 2, 2022February 16, 2026

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Dr. Fauci, CDC, Mississippi Experts Encourage Childhood Vaccines

by Nick Judin July 7, 2022June 12, 2024

Registered Nurse Taylor Curtis cares for patient Avery Mitchell in the PICU of the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Towers at Children's of Mississippi

CDC Study Examines Potential Link Between COVID-19 and Pediatric Diabetes, As Experts Warned

by Nick Judin January 21, 2022June 12, 2024

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COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccines Now Available To Mississippi Children Aged 5-11

by Nick Judin November 8, 2021June 12, 2024

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Why Herd Immunity May Be Impossible Without Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19

by Rodney E. Rohde February 19, 2021June 12, 2024