by MBJ Staff Published: February 9,2012
Tags: avian flu, chickens, colleges, education, flu, health, higher education, influenza, poultry, public health, research, schools, universities
STARKVILLE — A Mississippi State University researcher has uncovered the first molecular evidence linking live poultry markets in China to human H5N1 avian influenza.
Henry Wan, an assistant professor in systems biology at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, collaborated with scientists in the World Health Organization Collaborative Centers for Influenza in China and St. Jude Children’s [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Health Department says it needs more money in the coming budget year or it may have to close clinics and reduce AIDS drug purchases.
Dr. Mary Currier, the state health officer, told the House Appropriations Committee that the department has been draining internal reserves to stay afloat last year and this year. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 23,2012
Tags: appropriations, budget, clinics, doctors, health, healthcare, hospitals, mediciane, medicine, nurses, physicians, public health, state government, surgeons, therapists
JACKSON — Legislative budget writers want to slash the state general fund appropriation for the state Department of Health to $20.7 million — the lowest level it has seen since 1990, when it received $20.3 million.
That recommendation comes at a time when the state ranks first in the nation for adult obesity, teen birth rate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2011
Tags: beef, cattle, food, food safety, health, healthcare, product recall, public health, ranchers, ranches, recall
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A Nebraska meatpacker has recalled more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef products distributed in 16 states after a test confirmed the presence of E. coli, the Agriculture Department said Friday.
The products were shipped to institutions and distributors in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — See’s Candies Inc. is recalling one code of eight-ounce Almond Clusters, because they may contain peanuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product.
The total number of boxes produced that may contain peanuts is 3,600. The [...] [...]
CORINTH — Officials at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth say the hospital has received 11 positive salmonella cultures since Nov. 28.
Hospital CEO Nick Napper tells the Daily Corinthian some of the cases have been admitted to the hospital.
Napper says the patients who tested positive for salmonella are in stable condition or have been treated [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The latest national health rankings show that once again Mississippi is the unhealthiest state in the nation.
The study done by the United Health Foundation ranked Vermont the most healthy for the third year in a row and the fourth time in the last five years.
New Hampshire ranked as the second healthiest state [...] [...]
JACKSON — The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Health Management Associates Inc., which owns 10 hospitals in Mississippi, are exploring a possible affiliation to expand health professions education in the state, enhance the delivery and quality of medical services and prepare both organizations for a changing national health-care landscape in the years ahead.
Officials [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — More than 9,500 Mississippians are now living with HIV, and as of 2009, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), Mississippi and Florida had the highest HIV rates among individuals 13 to 19 years old (out of 37 states and five US territories reporting HIV infection statistics).
Jackson itself had the [...] [...]
GULFPORT and CHARLESTON — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has issued certificates of need (CONs) for two projects.
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
has received a CON for the expansion and renovation of its patient tower. The size of the patient rooms on the third, fourth and fifth floors will be increased, and two new [...] [...]
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