Category: Mississippi

The Pandemic Almost Killed Allie. Her Community’s Vaccination Rate Is 45%.

Children's Health, COVID-19, Mississippi, public health, States, Vaccines / September 7, 2021 September 7, 2021

The Allie Henderson who stepped out of her mother’s car to a driveway full of cheering friends and family holding “Welcome Home” signs was a wisp of her former self. After 10 days in the hospital with a near-fatal case of covid inflammatory syndrome, the then-13-year-old softball phenom and beloved, straight-A student was lethargic and …

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Ivermectin Should Not Be Used to Treat Covid, F.D.A. Says

Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food and Drug Administration, Ivermectin, Livestock, Mississippi / August 30, 2021 August 30, 2021

“You are not a horse,” the Food and Drug Administration said. “Stop it.”

Ivermectin Should Not Be Used to Treat Covid, F.D.A. Says

Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food and Drug Administration, Ivermectin, Mississippi, Vaccination and Immunization / August 21, 2021 August 21, 2021

“You are not a horse,” the Food and Drug Administration said. “Stop it.”

Ivermectin Should Not Be Used to Treat Covid, F.D.A. Says

Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food and Drug Administration, Ivermectin, Livestock, Mississippi / August 21, 2021 August 21, 2021

“You are not a horse,” the Food and Drug Administration said. “Stop it.”

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Hot Covid Summer

Capitol Desk, CDC, Courts, COVID-19, KHN's 'What The Health?', Medicaid, Mississippi, Missouri, Multimedia, Podcasts, public health, States, Tennessee, The Health Law, Vaccines / July 29, 2021 July 29, 2021

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Predictions of a “hot vax summer” that would let Americans who had their covid immunizations celebrate the waning of the pandemic are turning out to have been …

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The ‘Grief Pandemic’ Will Torment Americans for Years

COVID-19, mental health, Mississippi, public health, Race and Health, States / June 2, 2021 June 2, 2021

Cassandra Rollins’ daughter was still conscious when the ambulance took her away. This story also ran on USA Today. It can be republished for free. Shalondra Rollins, 38, was struggling to breathe as covid overwhelmed her lungs. But before the doors closed, she asked for her cellphone, so she could call her family from the …

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Readers and Tweeters React to Racism, Inequities in Health Care

aging, California, COVID-19, dental health, Doctors, Medicare, Mississippi, Nurses, Pennsylvania, public health, Race and Health, States, Telemedicine, Vaccines / June 2, 2021 June 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. A Harrowing Tale of Racism I liked the article “The Making of Reluctant Activists: A Police Shooting in a Hospital Forces One Family to Rethink American Justice” (May 10). As a …

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Mississippi’s Black Communities Turned Around Their Covid Rates. Next Up: Make Strides on Vaccines.

COVID-19, Mississippi, public health, Race and Health, States, Vaccines / May 30, 2021 May 30, 2021

At its first pop-up vaccination event on April 10, the Northeast Mississippi Coalition Against Covid 19 gave shots to nearly 40 people in Shannon, a town where roughly 60% of some 1,800 residents are African American. This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Though a fraction of the doses …

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KHN Journalists Comment on Abortion Case, Wasted Covid Doses

Abortion, California, COVID-19, Health Industry, Medicare, Mississippi, Montana, Pharmaceuticals, States, Vaccines / May 22, 2021 May 22, 2021

KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a challenge in an abortion case from Mississippi on Newsy on Tuesday. Click here to watch Rovner on Newsy KHN freelancer Sara Reardon discussed allegations by a rail company that a clinic in Libby, Montana, is defrauding Medicare by overdiagnosing asbestos-related diseases on …

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Who Could Get Covered Under Medicaid Expansion? State Fact Sheets

Alabama, Coverage, Demographics, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Medicaid, Medicaid's Future, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, uninsured, Wyoming / February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021

The two-page fact sheets provide a snapshot with key data for those who would become eligible for Medicaid under expansion in non-expansion states.

Where Does the Arsenic in Rice, Mushrooms, and Wine Come From?

alcohol, Antibiotics, Arkansas, arsenic, beverages, button mushrooms, California, carcinogens, chanterelle mushrooms, chicken, Children, clamshell mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, Environment, factory farming practices, fish, grains, heavy metals, industry influence, intelligence, Louisiana, maitake mushrooms, Mississippi, Missouri, mushrooms, nameko mushrooms, News, Nutrition, oyster mushrooms, pesticides, portobello mushrooms, poultry, rice, safety limits, seafood, shiitake mushrooms, Texas, trumpet mushrooms, wine / December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020

What happens when our crops are grown in soil contaminated with arsenic-based pesticides and arsenic drug-laced chicken manure? When arsenic-containing drugs are fed to chickens, not only does the arsenic grow out into their feathers, which are then fed back to them as a slaughterhouse byproduct, but the arsenic can also get into their tissues …

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Coming Abortion Fight Could Threaten Birth Control, Too

Abortion, Contraception, Georgia, HealthBent, Mississippi, public health, States / November 5, 2020 November 5, 2020

Abortion opponents were among those most excited by the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. And they had good reason to be. As a law professor and circuit court judge, Barrett made it clear she is no fan of abortion rights. She is considered likely to vote not only to uphold …

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