JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) said the state is making progress in ...

Mississippi health officials have declared a public health emergency after new data revealed a spike in infant deaths, causing the highest infant mortality rate in the state in over a decade. In ...

The annual public health report card is a “data-driven overview” of a number of health issues across the state, Mississippi ...

(CNN) — The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state. There were 9.7 deaths for every 1,000 births in Mississippi in ...

Mississippi is making progress in several key public health areas, but significant challenges remain, according to the 2025 ...

For months, Dr. Daniel Edney had watched his state's infant mortality rate rise. "It just kept climbing," he remembers. "We'd get another death coming in, another death coming in." As the public ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health has declared a public health emergency after it "could not wait to take action" in response to rising infant mortality rates throughout the state, according ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant mortality rates across the state. According to the agency, ...

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has declared a public health emergency following a troubling rise in infant mortality across the state. According to MSDH’s 2024 data ...

Mississippi health officials have declared a public health emergency after releasing data showing the state's infant mortality rate has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. In Mississippi ...