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

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 public health subcategory informs the best states for health care rankings and the overall Best States rankings, and is evaluated based on six metrics: mortality rate, suicide rate, smoking ...

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

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