A local college is doing its part to make sure you stay healthy. Virginia College in Biloxi, located right off of Popps Ferry, will be hosting a healthcare fair tomorrow. From 10 until 2, anyone who walks in their doors…
We all know our health is so important, but do you know all the healthcare options available to you? That’s why the Mississippi Regional Housing Authority, in partnership with United Healthcare Community Plan and My Brother’s Keeper, hosted a housing…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reports one new human case of West Nile Virus, bringing the 2016 state total to 22. The reported case is in Rankin County. So far this year, human cases of West Nile Virus have…
Opiate and heroin abuse is a deadly, growing epidemic in this country. It comes just as the federal government is launching a new initiative to curb the opioid crisis that claims tens of thousands of American lives every year. News…
Planned Parenthood is hoping the overturning of a law in Louisiana will help overturn a similar ruling in Mississippi. The women’s health group is asking a federal judge to overturn a Mississippi law that bans Medicaid from spending with a…
The City of Biloxi used a major landmark to show its support for World Alzheimer’s Awareness Day. The lighthouse across from the Biloxi Visitors Center flashed purple as a way to bring attention to the widespread disease. The purple light…
According to Alzheimer’s Mississippi, 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's. One of them lives on Seal Avenue in Biloxi and the community has decided to take spreading awareness into their own hands by painting the street purple today for…
Gulfport High School students received the gift of life this morning thanks to Butch Oustalet Autoplex. The company donated funding to help train potential lifesavers with brand new CPR in Schools training kit. The kits include an instructional video, a…
The Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency wants you to know you can save eight lives in thirty seconds. Today, the agency was registering people to become organ and tissue donors through their new website at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. Organ…
Tonight in Bay St. Louis concerned residents had a chance to sit down with one of the most knowledgeable vibrio experts in the nation. Dr. Jay Grimes has been studying vibrio bacteria since 1981. He might know more about each…
Mississippi health officials are confirming four new cases of West Nile. This brings the state’s total to 19 cases this year. Two of the cases of the mosquito borne virus were reported in Hinds County, one in Lee County and…
Nine beaches in South Mississippi have high levels of bacteria. Six advisories were added and three more remain in effect. Now these beaches are not closed, but there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in the…
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. To make sure Mississippians are aware of the symptoms, local survivors and activists are turning Coast towns teal for the very first time. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson caught up with the Pass Christian…
This is the first year for the “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign on the Gulf Coast. The American Cancer Society has teamed up with 20 prominent local men to wear their pink in an effort to increase awareness and raise…
You can help save lives by donating blood in memory of those lost during Hurricane Katrina. The American Red Cross is collecting blood at the Edgewater Mall today and tomorrow. This blood drive comes during the difficult summer months, a…
A healthy start to a school day can greatly affect a student’s performance. Tomorrow, the Mississippi State University Jackson County extension office, Asbury Chapel and Solomon Temple AME Church are just a few organizations teaming up for the Health Start…
News 25's Toni Miles interviews Mark Lyell, MD about the advances in robotic technology in the Singing River Health system health urology clinic.
News 25's Bryan Kennedy interviews Myya Robinson about the free Healthy Start Symposium happening this Saturday. Come and healthy cooking demo from a New Orleans chef and more, August 27th Asbury Chapel A.M.E Zion Church 9 am to 1 pm.
The Ocean Springs School District is all set to celebrate a new partnership with the Singing River Health System. The school board approved a contract with Medical Analysis to provide an off-site health clinic to school district employees and their…
The Mississippi department of health reports one new travel related case of Zika virus right here on the coast in Harrison County. This is the second case of Zika reported this month in Harrison County bringing the number of the…
Today, the Mississippi Department of Health reports one new travel related case of Zika virus in Harrison County. This is the second case of Zika reported this month in Harrison County. This brings the 2016 total to 17 in Mississippi.…
The ice bucket challenge that was all over social media in 2014 helped raise money for research that discovered the ability to identify genes that could make a person susceptible to the debilitating disease. News 25’s Katarina Luketich caught up…
Employees stood outside of Stone County Hospital this morning looking like kids on Christmas morning. Their brand new state-of-the-art ambulance rolled up after traveling two days to make it to South Mississippi. Paramedic Supervisor Marilynn Mallett tells News 25 this…
One in every four deaths in the United States is caused by cancer, which is why 300 people came together tonight to raise their glass in an effort to create more birthdays. The Gulf Coast American Cancer Society hosted the…