World War II veteran Medgar Evers, whom President Trump called “a great American hero,” has been erased from the Arlington National Cemetery website, which featured a section honoring Black Americans who fought in the nation’s wars. The U.S. Army purged the section that had

As bill requiring hospitals to perform rape kits faces uphill battle, mom reports child was turned away from ER in central Mississippi mississippitoday.org/2025/03/31/as-…

Federal cuts to Mississippi health agencies have doubled since last week, now surpass $230 million; will impact community health workers, bird flu efforts, substance use programs. From Gwen Dilworth - mississippitoday.org/2025/04/02/fed…

Madison County Circuit Court Judge Bradley Mills dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today on Friday, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom. buff.ly/7wTG7Vy

At this stage in the budget reconciliation process, the debate is very abstract, with references to a desire for deeper spending cuts. But, if Medicare and Social Security are off the table, deeper spending cuts equals deeper Medicaid cuts. That’s where the money is.

The House and the Senate have now passed a budget resolution that implies big, but unspecified, cuts to Medicaid. Now they'll have to get specific about the cuts. Changes to health care rarely get more popular when the details get filled in.

Mississippi could see a potential reduction of up to $5.4 billion in federal funding for Medicaid under one proposal over the 10-year period, and $16 billion under another, according to the report. from Sophia Paffenroth mississippitoday.org/2025/04/10/mis…

Really educational + thorough article from Nick Judin about bird flu and Mississippi's level of preparedness: mississippifreepress.org/as-mississippi…

The center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” propublica.org/article/blue-c…

House Speaker Jason White and his staff went on a trip to the Super Bowl that was paid for, at least in part, by DraftKings, one of the nation’s highest-grossing gaming companies that has invested heavily in lobbying for legal online betting. mississippitoday.org/2025/04/23/hou…

I could not be more thrilled to welcome Allen to the ⁦Mississippi Today⁩ health team. MS, get ready for some amazing journalism on a very underreported -- but absolutely critical -- beat. Allen Siegler joins MT as mental health reporter mississippitoday.org/2025/04/25/all…

"Mississippi...could lose about $2.1 billion in federal funds." nytimes.com/2025/05/06/ups…

Many of the Medicaid proposals from House Republicans are technical and wonky, and will be difficult for the public to absorb.   What won’t be difficult to absorb: CBO’s estimate that the changes will increase the number of people without health insurance by at least 8.6 million.

Jermany Gray asked his doctor to prescribe him PrEP before he left for college. But she refused to write the prescription and instead recommended that he abstain from having sex. Gray's experience isn't an anomaly. from Gwen Dilworth : mississippitoday.org/2025/05/13/pre…

There's a pill to prevent HIV infection. But MS is the farthest behind the rest of the country in reaching people who could benefit from the medication. I spoke to advocates, PrEP users, researchers, and doctors about why MS lags so far behind. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/13/pre…

Storied Jackson Medical Mall faces an uncertain future as UMMC clinics, health center depart. Great story with necessary context from Gwen Dilworth mississippitoday.org/2025/05/22/jac…

Public health advocates and Mississippians impacted by addiction expressed concern about the advisory council’s makeup, the $56 million carveout for expenses unrelated to the opioid crisis and the Legislature’s final decision-making power. mississippitoday.org/2025/06/03/mis…

These Hattiesburg-area parents’ children died of addiction. Local officials in the area are managing opioid settlements without their input. mississippitoday.org/2025/06/11/par…

We're hiring at Mississippi Today! Open positions include: Health editor, video producer, education editor, education reporter and Jackson reporter. More info here: mississippitoday.org/careers/

The electronic system that manages patient information for UMMC now includes a field for “citizenship,” but the medical center won’t say why it added the category. buff.ly/Evc8gXX