by Associated Press Published: May 10,2013
Tags: bacteria, boiled water, contamination, drinking water, healthm, pollution, potasble water, public health, water, water quality
LAUREL — More than 23,000 customers who get water from the city of Laurel are being advised to boil it. A press release from the state Health Department said E. coli bacteria had been detected. City spokeswoman Anicia Hill says she doesn’t have any information about the contamination. She referred comment to United Water, a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 8,2013
Tags: executive, funding, governor, health, health benefits, health care, health care reform, health insurance, poor, public health, state government, uninsured
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant says he thinks he can run Medicaid even if lawmakers don’t reauthorize the program or set its budget by the time the state’s new fiscal year starts July 1. “As head of the Governor’s Division of Medicaid, I will do all I can to continue and to provide Medicaid to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2013
Tags: advisory, bacteria, beach, contaminate, contamination, environment, fish, fishing, health, outdoors, pollution, public health, public safety, safety, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water pollution, water quality
BAY ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a water contact advisory for a stretch of beach in Hancock County. MDEQ has cleared Station 4 — Bay St. Louis, which extends from the box culvert to Ballantine Street. Water samples at this station show the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 2,2013
Tags: advisory, bacteria, beach, contaminant, contaminate, contamination, outdoors, pollutant, pollute, pollution, public health, public safety, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water pollution, water quality
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued water contact advisories for five sampling stations. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in these areas. The affected stations are: • Station 1 — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: abortion, abortion-inducing drug, baby, birth, drug, health, health care, legisation, medical, medicine, public health, state law
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that regulates the prescription and use of abortion-inducing drugs. He signed Senate Bill 2795, and it becomes law July 1. It says a physician must be present when a woman takes drugs prescribed to end a pregnancy in its early weeks. It also says the woman [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, employee, employment, funding, health, health care, job, layoff, payroll, public health, state agency, state government, unemployment, work, worker
JACKSON — Top officials at the Mississippi State Department of Health say they’re trying to prevent layoffs for 41 employees and 41 contract workers who were part of a program to help women with high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Mary Currier, the state health officer, said Friday that the social workers were told April 15 their jobs [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, governor, health, healthcare, hospital, hospital sale, legislation, public health, sell, state government, state law
GRENADA — Legislation that would allow the University of Mississippi Medical Center to take over a hospital in Grenada has been signed into law. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1721. It takes effect immediately. Grenada County has been shopping around the county-owned Grenada Lake Medical Center since last summer. The bill would allow the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 26,2013
Tags: bacteria, beach, fish, fishing, health, outdoors, piublic safety, pollution, public health, sewage, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, water quality
HARRISON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued a water contact advisory for a sampling station in Harrison County. This segment of beach is not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in this area. The location is Station 10 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 19,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, Congress, diplomacy, federal agency, federal government, fish, food, food inspection, food safety, international trade, legislative, public health, restaurant, Senate, Senator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has encouraged the head of the Food and Drug Administration to work with her federal counterparts to implement a catfish inspection program that ensures foreign imports are safe for consumers. Cochran addressed the catfish inspection issue, as well as impending menu nutrition labeling regulations, during a Senate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, baby, bench, birth, court, decision, health, health care, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, license, medical, medicine, pregnancy, pregnant, public health, ruling, state law
JACKSON — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic continued seeing patients yesterday, the day after a federal judge temporarily stopped the state from closing it. Several people wearing florescent yellow vests labeled “Clinic Escort” helped women find parking places and walked with them into the cherry pink building in a Jackson retail district. Outside an iron fence [...] [...]
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