by Associated Press Published: April 5,2012
Tags: Cancer, chemotherapy, clinics, courts, doctors, fraud, health, health care, infections, judges, judicial, judiciary, medical, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — Mississippi health officials say none of the nearly 300 cancer patients they tested from a defunct clinic have contracted viral blood infections such as HIV because of care at the facility, which is suspected of diluting chemotherapy drugs and using old needles. The Mississippi Health Department closed Rose Cancer Center in Summit in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bills, births, doctors, executive, governor, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislative, legislators, Legislature, medicine, physicians, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that would require any doctor performing abortions to be a board-certified OB-GYN with admitting privileges at a local hospital. Senators passed the bill today, but it was held for the possibility of more debate. It passed the House on March 13. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says he [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bills, births, doctors, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislators, Legislature, medicine, Personhood, physicians, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life
JACKSON — One abortion-regulation bill survived and two died at yesterday’s deadline in the Mississippi Legislature. Supporters of the surviving measure say it could slow down or even shut Mississippi’s only remaining abortion clinic, which is in Jackson. The Senate Public Health Committee passed House Bill 1390, which would require any doctor performing abortions to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bills, births, doctors, health, health care, laws, legislation, legislator, Legislature, medicine, physicians
JACKSON — Two abortion-regulation bills have died under a deadline in the Mississippi Legislature, but supporters are trying to revive them. Senate Judiciary B Committee Chairman Hob Bryan says he chose not to bring the bills up for consideration because he believes they would be challenged in court if they became law. House Bill 1196 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 27,2012
Tags: bills, doctors, health, health care, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, legislators, medicine, physicians, state law, tax breaks, taxes
JACKSON — Some new physicians in Mississippi could get a tax break in another effort by the state to attract more doctors. The House passed the measure yesterday, 120-1. It would allow newly licensed physicians to not pay state income taxes on income exceeding $100,000 a year. The break from the 5 percent tax rate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2012
Tags: abortions, anti-abortion, babies, bill, births, doctors, fetus, law, legislation, legislators, medicine, physicians, state government
JACKSON — A bill that would require physicians to search for a fetal heartbeat before performing an abortion passed the Mississippi House yesterday The bill potentially would require women to have transvaginal ultrasounds of the sort that were contested in Virginia recently, because a heartbeat cannot be heard through a traditional ultrasound until five or [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2012
Tags: abortions, anti-abortion, bills, births, doctors, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative branch, legislators, Legislature, medicine, Personhood, physicians, pregnancies, unwanted pregnancies
JACKSON — Doctors at Mississippi’s lone abortion clinic would be required to be certified in obstetrics and gynecology and have privileges to admit patients to local hospitals under a hotly contested bill that passed the House yesterday. During a debate that lasted more than an hour, opponents argued the requirement could close the clinic in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 8,2012
Tags: appropriations, budget, clinics, doctors, health, health care, health care benefits, hospitals, medicine, nurses, physicians, state government, surgeons
JACKSON — Efforts to hold the line on Mississippi’s Medicaid spending are getting more daunting. The state Medicaid agency told House members yesterday that without changes, it now needs almost $884 million for the budget year that begins July 1. That’s up from the $870 million that the agency had previously requested. Gov. Phil Bryant [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 2,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bill, births, contraceptives, doctors, elections. votes, family planning, Fertility, health, health care, law, lawmakers, legislative branch, Legislature, medical, medicine, Politics, pro-choice, pro-life, research, state government, voters, Voting
JACKSON — Opponents say they are angry that Mississippi lawmakers are considering proposals to declare life begins at conception, months after voters rejected a similar constitutional amendment. Several bills would also put new restrictions on abortion in a state that already requires a 24-hour waiting period before any abortion can be performed and parental consent [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2012
Tags: Cancer, clinics, courts, doctors, fraud, health, healthcare, hospitals, law, medicine, oncologists, physicians
SUMMIT — A federal judge has granted a request to delay the trial of a doctor and two employees charged in a scheme to dilute cancer drugs and use old syringes on multiple patients. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks had been scheduled for trial Feb. 7. U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan signed [...] [...]
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