Moms face a public health crisis that’s putting Mississippi behind every other state, and it could get worse under federal ...
What would happen if every mother in Mississippi – or in Mississippi’s neediest counties – received no-questions-asked cash assistance during pregnancy and months after a baby is born? Lawmakers ...
Also notice that Arkansas’s dismal numbers on infant and maternal deaths don’t factor into the "pro-life" rankings.
Health care providers told Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand on Wednesday that issues like Iowa’s privatized ...
While there were some advances for men, women born in 2000 in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas can ...
In a state where the obesity rate ranks among the highest in the country, many health providers were thrilled when Mississippi Medicaid in 2023 began covering GLP-1s for people 12 and older. Only 13 ...
April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too.
The United States is facing a worsening maternal health crisis, with rising rates of preventable deaths and persistent inequities across race, income, and geography. Medicaid, which finances more than ...
As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever. As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like ...
Louisiana updated its income limits for Medicaid programs, effective March 2025. Here are the new income limits for each ...