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Nearly 70 percent of Mississippi rural hospitals don’t deliver babies; new report shows trend is growing nationwide
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,05/14/25-12:18PM , 385 Reads 7,736 Statewide
Rural hospitals across the country are shuttering their labor and delivery doors, leaving millions of women – including Mississippians – without maternity care.
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Shay Bequett holds her infant son at her home in Hattiesburg on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Credit: Mukta Joshi/Mississippi Today

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‘Devastating’: Blue Cross moms now face out of pocket costs for breastfeeding help
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,05/09/25-1:23PM , 343 Reads 7,755 Statewide
Mississippi moms will no longer be able to use Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi insurance to cover lactation services after they leave the hospital.
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‘Funding crisis’: Disability rights organization forced to limit services as it awaits promised federal money
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,05/01/25-2:53PM , 434 Reads 8,515 Statewide
A state organization tasked with advocating for and providing legal services to Mississippians with disabilities will stop taking new cases for the first time in its history, the organization announced Thursday.
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Forensic scientist Jenn Odom operates an automated DNA extraction instrument at the Mississippi Crime Laboratory in Pearl, Miss., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The system processes up to 24 samples in about 17 minutes using silica-coated magnetic particles to capture and purify DNA through a series of washing steps. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Crime lab sees increase in rape kits following new law
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,04/17/25-5:09PM , 471 Reads 9,969 Statewide
Twenty-seven percent more rape kits were sent to the state crime lab in 2024 than the year before in Mississippi.
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