The Mississippi State Board of Health today released a resolution in opposition to the upcoming medical marijuana ballot initiative. The...
The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued a boil water notice affecting nearly 3,000 residents in Claiborne County. The Pattison Water Association said its system...
The federal minimum age for buying tobacco products has been raised from 18 to 21 as part of the $1.4 trillion spending bill President Donald Trump...
The cities of Brandon and Flowood, Miss., are banning vaping for minors. The move comes as a result of a roundtable discussion that leaders of several...
A study of nearly 47,000 women has linked the use of hair dyes and straighteners to an increased risk of breast cancer, especially among African American...
If you haven’t gotten a flu vaccine this year, it’s not too late. Mississippi is seeing one of the highest incidences of flu in the U.S....
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced two voluntary recalls of flour due to possible E. coli contamination. UNFI voluntarily recalled five-pound bags of its...
On Friday, Nov. 22, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert due to illnesses caused by E. coli...
Two doctors pleaded guilty, Nov. 21, in federal court to conspiring to commit health care fraud and mail fraud. The doctors, Shahjahan Sultan, 37, of Madison,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified a potential common link behind the outbreak of lung injuries caused by vaping: vitamin E acetate. The...
