The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state ...

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 ...

More than 750 public health workers sent a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, urging him to “stop ...

Health officials confirmed the first human case in the U.S. of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm that has been ...

The Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department, in partnership with local organizations, is hosting two community events in ...

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The Mississippi State Department of Health declared a public health emergency on Thursday, Aug. 21, in response to rising ...

Mississippi's infant mortality rate nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000, according to the ...