Science

Statewide Mississippi faces a nursing shortage of more than 1200 nurses. In today's health report--what that shortage means to health care in MS, and how to turn it around. MPB's Stephen Koranda reports.

Mississippi is near the bottom of many education rankings. A program incorporation reading education in pre-kindergarten students could help change that. MPB’s Stephen Koranda reports.

The interactive preschool reading program uses special television segments from the PBS children’s show Between the Lions, and integrates them with lessons in places like daycares, to get children ready to read and learn.

More than 4000 Mississippi women die of heart disease every year, making it the leading cause of death for women in the state. In today's health report---- how to improve the heart health of Mississippi women. Stephen Koranda has more.