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North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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North Mississippi Health Services ends United Healthcare Medicare Advantage contract
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,06/10/25-5:42PM , 422 Reads 6,893 Statewide
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage plans are no longer in-network at North Mississippi Health Services after the health system terminated its contract for the health insurance plans, which largely provide coverage to elderly patients, on June 1.
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Mississippi, once the leader in childhood vaccination rates, sees continuing rise in exemptions
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,05/22/25-4:58PM , 498 Reads 7,731 Statewide
Mississippi’s kindergarten vaccination rates, once the highest in the nation, dipped last year as the number of approved religious vaccine exemptions rose.
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Willie Hamblin waits for transportation beneath the UMMC sign at the Jackson Medical Mall in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday, March 3, 2025. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is in the process of relocating some of its services from the mall, citing challenges with building infrastructure and city services. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Storied Jackson Medical Mall faces an uncertain future as UMMC clinics, health center depart
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,05/22/25-12:42PM , 422 Reads 8,352 Statewide
Jackson lawmakers argue the loss of health care services will negatively affect patients who rely on the mall for health services and the surrounding neighborhood.

Erica Reed could feel herself tearing up as she walked into work at Jackson Medical Mall on a Monday in April.
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State Auditor Shad White listens to former NFL player Jack Brewer, now with the America First Policy Institute, during a "round table discussion on fatherlessness," held at Germantown High School in Madison, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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State auditor Shad White alleges health department mismanaged federal HIV dollars
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,05/09/25-12:08PM , 515 Reads 9,419 Statewide
Three nonprofits received over $850,000 in federal grants for HIV prevention between 2021 and 2024 but administered only 35 HIV tests during that period, State Auditor Shad White alleges in
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