News by State: Mississippi

News from the past 14 days. Please visit the News Archive or State Resources: Mississippi for earlier stories.

Highest Rates of Obesity, Diabetes in the South, Appalachia, and Some Tribal Lands     Top Story 
Nov 20, 2009 -- Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation′s highest rates of obesity and diabetes, according to estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

AIDS Patients to President: Send More Money South     Top Story 
Nov 16, 2009 -- Associated Press article via Jackson Sun, (FL) reports that Mississippi is just one of several mostly rural states across the South with a dearth of resources for HIV and AIDS patients.

U.S. Adult Smoking Rates Remain Stalled     Top Story 
Nov 13, 2009 -- Despite progress in some areas, smoking rates among U.S. adults remained stalled in 2008, halting the nation’s progress in ending the tobacco epidemic, according to a CDC study.