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Nurse Practitioner Wyconda Thomas sends a prescription to a pharmacist for one of her patients at her clinic, Healthy Living Family Medical Clinic, in Gunnison, Miss., Thursday, December 8, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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As health infrastructure shrinks, a daughter of the Delta cares for her community
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,12/28/22-5:50PM , 145 Reads 9,657 Statewide
To reach Gunnison, Mississippi, from Cleveland, the quickest path – though not the route with the best-paved streets – takes you off Highway 8, down miles of narrow roads slicing through some of the most fertile land on earth. In early December, the fields are still but not empty.
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Dr. Tara Lewis, right, helps health professionals and emergency responders with identifying emergencies with a simulator during a training called STORK at Mississippi Center For Emergency Services in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi moms and babies are dying. This training teaches first responders how to save their lives.
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/19/22-9:38AM , 293 Reads 24,754 Statewide
Matt Greer of Brookhaven was driving home from his shift at the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services, where he works as a flight nurse, when he got a call from his younger sister. A few days earlier, she had given birth to a healthy baby girl after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Now, she told him she had a headache.
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Philip Gunn is the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Six months after Dobbs ruling, the work of Gunn’s ‘Commission on Life’ remains a mystery
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,12/15/22-3:34PM , 273 Reads 10,589 Statewide
When House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, announced he would create a special commission after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
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MAP: Mississippi makes it uniquely hard for low-income new moms to get health care
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/05/22-5:16PM , 985 Reads 21,236 Statewide
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