Health

Biloxi is getting a new hospital and the $132 million investment is expected to improve the physical, emotional and economic health of the community.

Reported cases of the West Nile Virus have been steadily climbing to nearly 6 times that of last year's numbers.

The string of disasters that has slammed the Mississippi Gulf Coast makes it good territory for research on how families deal with trying times. The BP oil spill is the starting point for a university research project.

October is domestic violence awareness month and advocates are working to put an end to one of Mississippi's biggest health concerns.

Mississippi domestic violence shelters are seeing an increase in calls through the recession. Now there's more information for victims to protect themselves.

Supply is down and demand is up for Mississippi food pantries. Some citizens are relying more heavily on charity as the recession lingers on.

In Mississippi, 53,000 people have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. But every family deals with the disease in its own way.

Anti-child homelessness advocates are pushing the legislature to address the growing problem in Mississippi.

Football accounts for most injuries among high school athletes. Now, with better education, coaches and doctors have a better understanding of how to keep players safe.

Efforts are underway to decrease Mississippi nation leading SIDS rates.

More and more Mississippians are finding themselves without health insurance, and that's putting a big strain on hospitals and other consumers.

The Mississippi Supreme Court gives the go ahead for the so-called "personhood" amendment.

A year after the BP oil spill, the Coast Guard is updating its disaster response plan. A handful of residents attending a public forum in Biloxi said they want the new plan to begin with what's on the ground now.

Mississippi's highest in the nation birth rate is cost the state millions every year.

There are three federal investigators in Jackson ferreting out medical fraud in the state. But the problem is nationwide.