Gwen Dilworth

2 weeks ago | djournal.com | Gwen Dilworth

Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Thursday to limit kratom purchases to people 21 and older and outlaw more potent forms of the herbal substance in Mississippi. The law will take effect July 1. House Bill 1077, authored by Rep. Lee Yancey, a Republican from Brandon, institutes fines for people under 21 who buy or possess kratom and retailers that sell it to them.

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Gwen Dilworth

Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed the legislature’s certificate of need reform bill Thursday, arguing it unlawfully attempted to circumvent an ongoing court case by granting a certificate to a single psychiatric hospital in Jackson.

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Gwen Dilworth

Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Thursday to limit kratom purchases to people 21 and older and outlaw more potent forms of the herbal substance in Mississippi. The law will take effect July 1. House Bill 1077, authored by Rep. Lee Yancey, a Republican from Brandon, institutes fines for people under 21 who buy or possess kratom and retailers that sell it to them.

4 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Gwen Dilworth

Sexually transmitted infection testing is no longer free at county health departments due to recent federal cuts to COVID-19 pandemic relief funding. Community-based organizations and health providers that previously received free STI testing at the state’s public health laboratory through federal grant funding will now have to pay for the services or contract with a commercial lab.

1 month ago | djournal.com | Gwen Dilworth

Whooping cough cases are accelerating in Mississippi as public health officials prepare for possible measles outbreaks in the state. There have been 32 reported pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in Mississippi so far this year, up from 49 total cases last year, reported State Epidemiologist Dr. Renia Dotson at the State Board of Health Meeting April 10. kAm}@ >62D=6D 42D6D 92G6 J6E 366? C6A@CE65 :? |:DD:DD:AA:[ 56DA:E6 @FE3C62<D :?