Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, the state leader who is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, claimed during an interview with The Daily Signal that the pro-abortion rights side ignores the plight of women and children in poverty.
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.
“Hospitals and healthcare workers need you to help us,” Neshoba General Hospital CEO Lee McCall tweeted desperately at Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves yesterday as COVID-19 continued to overwhelm the state’s least vaccinated county. “Where are you?”
Hospitals across Mississippi are suing patients over medical debt, a practice that typically generates little revenue but can harm patients. In Part 3 of his MCIR series on medical debt, Giacomo Bologna reports potential solutions.
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting the highest weekend toll for new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic’s deadly winter surge.
Gov. Tate Reeves is rushing to declare victory in the fight against COVID-19 in Mississippi for the third time. His apparent determination to lift the last social restrictions on April 30 runs the real risk of a Final Wave in May and June, which will likely prolong the pandemic well into the summer. That last 10% would mean another 30,000 new infections and approximately 750 deaths. Such should not be considered “acceptable” or merely “manageable.”
With the renovation, the organization hopes to have a permanent place to house “Reclaiming Our Legacy & Shifting the Narrative of Mississippi Granny Midwives: A Storytelling Project.” The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is providing a $50,000 grant to help document the stories of families in the state through interviews with families or communities that had midwives. The dialogue will focus on “granny” midwives and their roles in births as well as their interactions with children. The project will focus on the Jackson Prairie, Mississippi Delta, Black Belt and Loess Hills regions of Mississippi.
Almost 500 unfilled slots for COVID-19 vaccine appointments remained available for today by Sunday evening along with 400 unfilled openings for Tuesday.
Only 50 intensive-care unit beds remain available in the entire state of Mississippi as hospitals continue to admit new waves of COVID-19 patients daily.
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