News Items (click on the item for further information)

• Secondhand Smoke: Impact on Health and Economy

• What Do Mississippi Parents Think About Sex-Related Education in Public Schools?

• The Impact of the Farm Bill on Southern States

• Assessing the Impact of the Healthy Students Act on Childhood Obesity: Report on Year Two Research

• Health-related Legislation in the 2011 Mississippi Legislative Session

• Distracted Driving in Mississippi

• Leading by Example: Mississippi Lawmakers Get Fit

• Health Care Reform: How Will It Impact Mississippi?

• All-Terrain Vehicles in Mississippi: Policy Options for Saving Lives

• Health Insurance Coverage in Mississippi

• Highlights of the 2010 Mississippi Legislative Session

• Childhood Obesity in Mississippi: Researchers Find Rates Leveling Off

• Assessing the Impact of the Healthy Students Act on Childhood Obesity: Report on Year One Research

• Building Mississippi's System of Care: An Interagency Solution for Children

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

• Mississippi Awarded $2 Million Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant

• Report on Children's Health Coverage in Mississippi

• Mississippi Initiatives to Address Childhood Obesity

• Mississippi Revitalizes the State Trauma Care System

• Highlights of the 2009 Mississippi Legislative Session

• Highlights of the 2008 Mississippi Legislative Session

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

• 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