(Jackson, Mississippi) Attorney General Lynn Fitch today unveiled the free Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance (MAMA) mobile app that connects pregnant women and mothers to private and public resources available across the state. Since launching the MAMA website in October 2023,…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi state senators passed a bill Tuesday that would let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, up from the current two months. “This is the exact same bill that…
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health hosted a press conference to talk about the surge in COVID cases and how COVID is impacting pregnant women. State health officials announced…
Since the beginning of the delta spike, there has been an all-time high in COVID cases amongst pregnant women. Memorial Hospital has been one of many locations in Mississippi to see…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to help women who are pregnant or give birth while in jail or prison. House Bill 196 passed Tuesday. It says leg restraints and handcuffs could not be used on an inmate who…
It is said that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel and for one Ocean Springs family, they’ve reached that light. Over the past 18 months, Mika Hartman has experienced heart failure and the birth of…
The Gulf Coast Women’s Resource Center celebrates ten years of helping pregnant women make a positive choice for their unborn child.
Hancock Medical Center received a new fetal monitoring system for the hospital’s First Impressions Birthing Center.
The Mississippi chapter of the March of Dimes is kicking off its first Gulf Coast United March of Babies event.
Good news for expectant mothers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Ochsner is opening a Maternal Fetal Medical Center for high risk pregnancies in Biloxi.
Maternal Fetal Medicine clinic now open in Biloxi.
The Women's Resource Center in Gulfport has been providing services to expectant mothers for more than 20 years.
WXXV and Gulfport OBGYN co-sponsored Baby Palooza last weekend, and the event was a huge success.