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Former St. Francis Hospital patients celebrate recovery milestones at patient rehab reunion
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Jackson Residents Not Legally Protected From Poisonous Water Supply [Op-Ed]
Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, a city that is roughly 82% Black, have been grappling with an ongoing water crisis — a public health crisis caused by infrastructure neglect, severe weather, and a deteriorating water system — since the near-collapse of its water treatment plant in 2022. This month, the U.S. court system responded to the issue the same way America has always responded to Black people in crisis: by telling them they don’t have the right to live.
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Mississippi receives $104M for rural healthcare
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Free expungement clinic in Jackson launches Clean Slate Mississippi
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Jackson Residents Not Legally Protected From Poisonous Water Supply [Op-Ed]
Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, a city that is roughly 82% Black, have been grappling with an ongoing water crisis — a public health crisis caused by infrastructure neglect, severe weather, and a deteriorating water system — since the near-collapse of its water treatment plant in 2022. This month, the U.S. court system responded to the issue the same way America has always responded to Black people in crisis: by telling them they don’t have the right to live.
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UMMC launches new aircraft for patient transport
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The University of Mississippi Medical Center has added its first fixed-wing aircraft to its emergency medical services. Health leaders said the aircraft, AirCare 5, will allow medical teams to travel farther and arrive sooner to patients in need. Kendall McKenzie, chair of emergency medicine and executive...
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Metro Jackson physicians to support Southeast region heart health outcomes
JANS – April Carson, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., FAHA and Michael E. Hall, M.D., M.S. will serve on the American Heart Association’s Southeast Board of Directors. Dr. Carson is the Director of the Jackson Heart Study and Professor of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. The Jackson Heart Study is the United States’ largest and longest-running longitudinal study of cardiovascular health in African Americans. “Research studies funded by the American Heart Association have helped to inform clinical guidelines for the prevention, management, and treatment of cardiovascular conditions, including research from the Jackson Heart Study. Together, we will continue to make advancements in medicine and research for the people of Mississippi.”
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Rashandra Laws Joins Merit Health River Region Urology Team
VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — Rashandra Laws Enhances Urology Services. Merit Health River Region has welcomed Rashandra F. Laws, DNP, APRN, NP-C, PMHNP-BC, to its Urology Clinic. Experience and Expertise. Laws, a nurse practitioner with more than 10 years of health care experience, will work alongside Dr. Fagan to provide...