As Mississippi Leads Nation in Amputations, Doctors Fight Peripheral Artery Disease
Mississippi doctors and health officials are working to combat the state’s high rate of amputations and peripheral artery disease.
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Mississippi doctors and health officials are working to combat the state’s high rate of amputations and peripheral artery disease.
The State of Mississippi has revoked the license for a medical-cannabis testing lab that once tested 70% of the state’s medical-marijuana products.
A Medicaid expansion bill will arrive in the Mississippi Senate by Monday, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann says.
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The largest of Mississippi’s medical marijuana testing labs has had its license temporarily suspended while a third party retests cannabis products.
Mississippians can get free Uber rides to county health departments through a Mississippi State Department of Health partnership.
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