The public health emergency will allow Mississippi to increase resources to address its infant mortality crisis.

H ealth officials in Mississippi have declared a public emergency over the state’s rising infant mortality rate, which is the ...

Health officials in Mississippi have declared a public emergency over the state’s rising infant mortality rate, which is the highest it’s been in a decade. Data from 2024 show that for every 1,000 ...

Mississippi has declared a public health emergency after reporting its highest infant death rate in more than a decade.

The infant mortality rate in Mississippi has reached its highest level in more than a decade, prompting state health officials to declare a public health emergency. The move will enable state health ...

Mississippi has declared a public health emergency as its infant mortality rate climbs to the highest level in 14 years, ...

Mississippi health officials have declared a public health emergency after new data revealed a spike in infant deaths, ...

Mississippi health officials have declared a state of emergency over the rate of infant mortality in the state.

Mississippi's infant mortality rate nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000, according to the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Leaders within the Mississippi State Department of Health this week declared a public health emergency on infant mortality in the state. “Every single infant ...

Mississippi declares a public health emergency as 2024 infant deaths reach highest rate in over a decade, far above the U.S.

More than 3,500 babies in the state have died before the age of 1 since 2014, according to Mississippi state health officials ...