One out of every eleven people in America lives with diabetes. That number is even higher in Mississippi, but that number could decrease thanks to a new partnership between the National Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute at Tradition and the…
The first case of travel-related Zika on the Coast has been reported in Harrison County. In this case, the South Mississippi resident had recently traveled to Honduras. This is one of three new cases of travel-related Zika to be reported…
Today the Mississippi State Department of Health reports two new cases of Zika, bringing the 2016 total to 11 in Mississippi. The cases were a resident of Oktibbeha County who recently traveled to St. Lucia and a Neshoba County resident…
Biloxi Excel by Five and Coastal Family Health Care are teaming up to help kids get their immunization shots before they head back to school. Saturday, the center gave free shots to any child with an insurance card, photo id…
Another Coast organization seeks to help parents before the start of the school year. Biloxi Excel by 5 will launch its immunization fair tomorrow morning at the Coastal Family Health Center on Division Street. Free vaccines will be available from…
To likely the joy of parents and the dismay of children, Coast students will be headed back to school in just under two weeks. Before they head back, one Coast rotary club is making sure children are equipped with everything…
News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews Dr. Wendy Williams and Susan Hunt about the Immunization Fair for Children this Saturday July 23rd at the Coastal Family Health Center.
Make the rounds with a family doctor through the streets of Havana's neighborhoods and visit the lab where researchers created a lung cancer vaccine, sparking interest in the United States.
14-year-old chooses to die than suffer from debilitating disease.
One Coast county is trying to do its part to keep people with serious mental illnesses out of jail and get the help they need. The Harrison County Board of Supervisors recently agreed to join the Steppin’ Up Initiative. Each…
Today the Mississippi State Department of Health reports three new cases of Zika virus. This brings the 2016 total to eight. The cases were in residents from Chickasaw, Hinds and Rankin counties who recently traveled to St. Thomas, Nicaragua and…
Ronald Winnert continues to work through rehab in Slidell after losing his leg to vibrio in Bay St. Louis last month. Many residents in Hancock County are aware of the incident, but say it’s not keeping them from enjoying the…
We here in South Mississippi know all too well about extreme heat and high temperatures. With the heat index on the rise, it’s important to stay up to date on how to stay cool and safe during heat emergencies. Heat…
Ronald Willert continues to work through rehab in Slidell after losing his leg to the flesh eating bacteria vibrio in Bay St. Louis last month. Today, News 25’s Shelby Myers is in Hancock County checking in to see if the…
We here in South Mississippi know all too well about extreme heat and high temperatures. With the heat index on the rise, News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us with tips on how to stay cool and safe during heat emergencies.
A Bay St. Louis man is recovering after losing part of his leg to vibrio. He contracted the flesh eating bacteria about three weeks ago. This is the first confirmed cased of vibrio this year in our area. Today, the…
A Bay St. Louis man is recovering after losing part of his leg to vibrio. He contracted the flesh eating bacteria about three weeks ago. This is the first confirmed case of vibrio this year in our area. News 25’s…
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports one new human case of West Nile virus (WNV), bringing the 2016 state total to four. The reported case is in Rankin County. So far this year cases have been reported in…
The Stone County area is scaling back on ambulance services. News 25’s Kendra Turley shows us how the cutback affects residents and other public safety departments. As of July 1st, there is now only one ambulance serving the Stone County…
The Mississippi Department of Health has confirmed a Hancock County resident has vibrio vulnificus. The person infected by the waterborne bacteria is a Hancock County man who has not yet been identified. This news comes to us almost a week…
Bottle rockets and sparklers light up the faces of Fourth of July spectators, but AMR wants you to know the dangers of these fireworks. According to the United States Fire Administration, 11,000 people are injured from fireworks each year. These…
Dick Empson continues to battle a case of the flesh eating bacteria vibrio, which put him in critical condition on Wednesday. Empson lost his leg to the bacteria. As of yesterday, he has been removed from the ventilator. He became…
A Baton Rouge man visiting South Mississippi is now fighting for his life at Bay St. Louis Hospital after contracting a flesh eating virus here on the Coast. Richard Empson’s niece, Elizabeth Daggett, joins us on the phone.
State Representative Jeff Guice came under scrutiny after an email he sent to a mother, asking help to obtain medication for her diabetic daughter, goes viral. The diabetic community was angered by his advice for diabetics to think about buying…