Updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines are available now, and locations currently offering the updated COVID-19 vaccine can be found on vaccines.gov. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) recommends the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines for all individuals...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 1, 2023 The shroud of mystery has been removed on why Gov. Tate Reeves opposes expanding Medicaid. It is not a matter of cost. The governor simply does not support expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for...
by Anna Wolfe and Matt Laslo, Mississippi Today September 29, 2023 The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to confirm the appointment of Todd Gee to run the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Mississippi, which is overseeing what officials have called the...
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today September 27, 2023 Mississippi’s suicide rate in 2021 reached its highest level in 20 years, based on the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System....
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 Most school districts only used the state’s new telehealth program a few times in the 2022-23 school year, but program administrators say they are working to increase participation and have already seen positive...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 Only 8% of Mississippi school districts got a D or F on this year’s accountability grades, an even smaller percentage than last year. The grades, released Thursday by the Mississippi Department of Education, are the...