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Nurse Practitioner Wyconda Thomas sends a prescription to a pharmacist for one of her patients at her clinic, Healthy Living Family Medical Clinic, in Gunnison, Miss., Thursday, December 8, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

As health infrastructure shrinks, a daughter of the Delta cares for her community
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,12/28/22-5:48PM, 94 Reads 4,437 Statewide
To reach Gunnison, Mississippi, from Cleveland, the quickest path – though not the route with the best-paved streets – takes you off Highway 8, down miles of narrow roads slicing through some of the most fertile land on earth. In early December, the fields are still but not empty.
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Dr. Tara Lewis, right, helps health professionals and emergency responders with identifying emergencies with a simulator during a training called STORK at Mississippi Center For Emergency Services in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

Mississippi moms and babies are dying. This training teaches first responders how to save their lives.
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/19/22-9:36AM, 812 Reads 15,511 Statewide
Matt Greer of Brookhaven was driving home from his shift at the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services, where he works as a flight nurse, when he got a call from his younger sister. A few days earlier, she had given birth to a healthy baby girl after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Now, she told him she had a headache.
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University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, April 28, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

Blue Cross, UMMC reach contract agreement after months of negotiation
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,12/16/22-3:00PM, 120 Reads 3,850 Statewide
After months of negotiations during which tens of thousands of Mississippians were unable to access services at the state’s largest hospital, Blue Cross and the University of Mississippi Medical Center have reached a contract agreement. The terms of the agreement are confidential.
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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann speaks with members of the media during a press conference inside of his office at the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, March 14, 2022. One of the issues discussed during the press conference was the Post Partum Bill, Senate Bill 2033, which died last Wednesday. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

Senate study group backs changes to support moms and families
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,12/16/22-8:58AM, 4,481 Reads 26,028 Statewide
Extending postpartum Medicaid, creating a foster care bill of rights and building a new website to help moms and families find resources are all among the policy priorities backed by the Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families, Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, told Mississippi Today.
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