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• 2009 Session of the Mississippi Legislature: Health Related Legislation

• Federal Health Related Legislation in the 111th Congress

• The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009: Implications for Mississippi

• The Congressional debate over reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program

• Mississippi Awarded $2 Million Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant

• Census Releases 2007 Data on Health Insurance Coverage

• Report on Children's Health Coverage in Mississippi

• Mississippi Initiatives to Address Childhood Obesity

• Mississippi Revitalizes the State Trauma Care System

• Highlights of the 2008 Mississippi Legislative Session

• Federal health legislation in the 110th Congress

• CMS proposes to eliminate Medicaid reimbursement for school-based administrative expenditures

• Mississippi applicants approved for FCC telehealth grants

• What Do Mississippians Think About Childhood Obesity?: Findings from the 2006 Mississippi Public Perception of Childhood Obesity Survey

• The 2006 Mississippi School Wellness Principal Survey

• The Lewin Group report on the economic impact of the University of Mississippi Medical Center