Nearly 10 out of every 1,000 children do not survive their first year of life, making Mississippi one of the riskiest places to be born in the developed world.
These are the countries with lower infant mortality rates than Mississippi Read Post »
A weekly aggregation of the ideas and issues that stuck with us. This week: Mississippi writers talk about life and literature in the state, and the uninsured are still skeptical of the ACA as the enrollment deadline approaches.
Rethinking the Week, March 15 ? March 21 Read Post »
The 2013 edition of America’ s Health Rankings came out yesterday. Once again, Mississippi finished 50th. At least you can’t fault our consistency.
Every state got its annual health checkup yesterday. How did Mississippi do? Read Post »
