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Courtney Darby holds her son, R'Jay Jones, as she talks about postpartum Medicaid expansion at Family Health Center in Laurel, Miss., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Many mothers in the state cannot afford medical care when their Medicaid coverage ends 60 days after giving birth. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Committee tasked with advising Medicaid votes to recommend extending health care coverage for new moms
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,01/23/23-9:14AM , 774 Reads 12,897 Statewide
A committee made up of members appointed by state leaders voted unanimously to recommend that the Legislature extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers from 60 days to 12 months.
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Mississippi physicians say health care crisis ‘engulfs us,’ urge action
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/04/23-11:54AM , 519 Reads 10,714 Statewide
As emergency federal pandemic funds for hospitals are dwindling, the health care crisis in Mississippi is progressing, according to a statement put out Tuesday by the Mississippi State Medical Association.
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With hospitals under strain, health officials beg people to get COVID, flu vaccines
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,12/09/22-1:17PM , 397 Reads 7,451 Statewide
Larger regional hospitals in Mississippi – where the sickest patients often get their care – are full, and state health officials are begging Mississippians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the flu to protect themselves and the health care system.
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The Yazoo County Health Department in Yazoo City, Miss., Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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State health department braces for impending hospital crisis
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,12/08/22-2:32PM , 432 Reads 2,894 Statewide
As the Mississippi health care crisis worsens and threatens to imminently shutter hospitals in the Mississippi Delta, the state Department of Health is taking steps to prepare for the impending disaster.
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