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Medical marijuana contends with intoxicating hemp
The medical marijuana industry has broad support in Mississippi. In 2020, 69% of voters approved the medical marijuana ... Read more
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COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 available at health departments
The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children six months and older are now available at all county ... Read more
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Mississippi WIC program adds new baby formula options amid national shortage
The Mississippi Department of Health announced on Wednesday that the state’s Women, Infants and Children’s Nutrition Program (WIC) ... Read more
Columns
RICH LOWRY: The idiocy of vaccine mandates for kids
The old legal maxim is that everything which is not forbidden is permitted. Many public-health experts apparently have ... Read more
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BYRON YORK: Is President Biden politicizing COVID-19?
Two leading House Republicans, Reps. Steve Scalise and James Comer, are asking the Food and Drug Administration ... Read more
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KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: FDA move the latest in a downward spiral
The Food and Drug Administration just gave the green light to abortion pills by mail. They are using ... Read more
Local News
Dobbs: Pause use of J&J vaccine in Mississippi
The Mississippi State Department of Health is instructing all health care providers in the state to stop administering ... Read more
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GUEST VIEW: Mississippi Board of Health opposes marijuana referendum
Mississippi’s voters will directly decide our state’s marijuana laws, via a proposed constitutional amendment that will be on ... Read more
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FDA Commissioner Gottlieb calls approval of the first U.S. cancer gene therapy ‘a significant milestone’
The CAR T-cell therapy, a first-of-its-kind treatment that uses patients' own immune cells to fight cancer, comes at ... Read more
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FDA to step up fentanyl targeting at postal facilities
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is strengthening efforts to detect opioids illegally entering the country through ... Read more