Health

"We do live in the bible belt. You're living with HIV automatically people think you did something wrong"

The Salute Our Troops caravan traveling through Missisippi is raising funds for the Wounded Warrior Project and doing video "shoutouts" to send to military men and women overseas.

A new program is underway to keep mentall ill people out of jail.

A Mississippi Congressman is following up on his request for an investigation of possible unsafe conditions at the VA medical center in Jackson.

Top Republicans have long supported an insurance exchange, but some conservative groups are calling for the state to scrap it's plans.

A federal judge has allowed Mississippi's only abortion clinic to keep its doors open...at least for now.

Mississippi schools are now required to serve fruits and vegetables with every meal they serve to students. 

Mississippi spends about $9 per resident - per year- on public health. Alabama spends $70, Arkansas $51 and Louisiana $49.

Black lawmakers in Mississippi say they will push to expand the Medicaid program.

Peak season for West Nile Virus is coming on fast, and the state has already confirmed the first cases of the year.

Not knowing how to swim leads to higher rates of drowning.

It's time for fireworks, but safety officials are warning Mississippians to use plenty of caution when celebrating on the 4th.

Anti-abortion forces and the clinic's owner ship are not backing down over a new law putting additonal restrictions on the state's only abortion clinic.

Mississippi lawmakers are facing a choice that could affect the health care of 300-thousand residents.