While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual ...

Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) is stressing the connection between heart health and tobacco because smoking, in any amount, ...

As Mississippi quickly approaches the end of Low Vision Awareness Month, statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a clear picture of ...

The American Red Cross of Mississippi will provide free A1C testing, which is commonly used to screen for diabetes and ...

Louisianans reported having asthma in their lifetime, slightly higher than the national average. See where other states stand ...

One flu activity tracker said Mississippi was No. 1 in the country for influenza activity last week. What you need to know ...

Many museums and historic sites in Mississippi are dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement. The Mississippi Delta is known as the birthplace of the blues. Black History Month is a time to celebrate ...

A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing a mayor and city leaders after the officials sued, sparking complaints from press advocates that it violates the First ...

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After Mississippi's lieutenant governor collapsed on the floor of the state Senate Wednesday, he released a statement saying he had been dehydrated. Video from the Senate ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program that has become a mainstay of outbreak responses ...