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• Census Releases 2007 Data on Health Insurance Coverage

• Report on Children's Health Coverage in Mississippi

• Mississippi Initiatives to Address Childhood Obesity

• Update to federal health legislation

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

• Trauma Care Task Force issues its final report

• Mississippi applicants approved for FCC telehealth grants

• Congress debates reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program

• 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