More than 3,500 babies in the state have died before the age of 1 since 2014, according to Mississippi state health officials ...

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

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

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

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

Knurick and other public health experts believe parts of Kennedy’s agenda could actually lead to more sickness based on the available evidence; falling vaccination rates, for example, have already led ...

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

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

Dr. Hamblin is a journalist and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. This article is part of Times Opinion’s reflection on the two-year mark of the Covid pandemic.

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