GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Singing River Hospital Gulfport held a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil its new naloxone vending machine. This machine expands community access to life-saving opioid overdose…
No bathroom. No kitchen. Nothing. For many in our community who live with mental illness and are unsheltered, this is their daily reality. Often, these circumstances arise from trauma - job loss, illness, divorce. Most of us are only one paycheck…
A major milestone was reached at Memorial Health System on Tuesday. Dr. Theresa Case successfully performed the very first bronchoscopy procedure. With this, doctors can now reach smaller areas…
By TOM MURPHY, AAMER MADHANI and JONEL ALECCIA WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy. The drugs are part of…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Plan on a glorious extra hour of sleep as most of America “falls back” into standard time. But make sure to get outside for some morning sun, too — it’ll help your body clock reset faster. Daylight saving…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs…
By TOM MURPHY Higher prices, less help and a government shutdown all hang over health insurance markets as shoppers start looking for coverage this week. The annual enrollment window for millions of people to pick an individual plan opens Saturday in nearly all…
A federal judge has sided with Mississippi and 14 other states in striking down certain Biden-era federal policies on gender identity. The states were challenging a health and human services…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Updated 4:42 PM CDT, October 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients – revving up their immune systems to help fight tumors. People with advanced lung or…
By ALI SWENSON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and LAURA UNGAR WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker EMD Serono will reduce the cost of a common fertility medication through a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Thursday while also unveiling new federal guidance he said will…
By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox. The exact questions to be…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 2:54 PM CDT, September 5, 2025 Now that Florida is taking steps to be the first state to get rid of school vaccine mandates, some states are looking at following its lead while others are promising to protect…
We’re wrapping up Neurosurgery Awareness Month, but there are tips and reminders you can keep in mind all year long when it comes to this topic. Dr. Orhan Ilercil with Memorial Health System…
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer The Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer's updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season. But it could be weeks before many Americans know whether they’ll be able to get one,…
By JONEL ALECCIA Updated 3:18 PM CDT, August 19, 2025 Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart to pull…
This month is National Immunization Month in the U.S. Joining us in studio is Memorial Health System Nurse Practitioner Tony Tanner to give us more information about the many types of vaccines out…
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Updated 2:45 PM CDT, August 14, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — WK Kellogg Co. plans to remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the next two and a half years, according to the company and the attorney general of…
By AMANDA SEITZ Updated 11:44 PM CDT, August 5, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Robert F.…
By DEVI SHASTRI Updated 7:00 AM CDT, August 2, 2025 Summer heat, outdoor fun ... and cold and flu symptoms? The three may not go together in many people’s minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses…
By AMANDA SEITZ Updated 6:03 PM CDT, July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a plan for a new private health tracking system that will make it easier for patients to access their health records and monitor their wellness…
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 1:37 PM CDT, July 31, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday. The fraction…
By MATTHEW PERRONE Updated 11:30 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning Americans about the risks of an opioid-related ingredient increasingly added to energy drinks, gummies and supplements sold at gas stations and convenience stores,…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)- The Mississippi State Department of Health issued a health alert, warning about an increase in cases of whooping cough. Eighty cases have been…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) - May is Stroke Awareness Month, bringing awareness to a disease that affects a little less than 800,00 people in the United States every year. So, what kinds of patients…
