"Nearly 10 babies died for every 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it was even higher at 15.2. The numbers — the highest in more than a decade — led the state of Mississippi under Edney's leadership to declare a public health emergency on Aug. 21."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5558448/mississippi-medicaid-infant-mortality-crisis

#PublicHealth #healthcare #medicaid #ACA #insurance #InfantMortality #ChildrensHealth #hospitals #RuralHealth #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #prenatal #mississippi

Direct #UKHSA to monitor #COVID infections that occur in particular settings - #Petition

Ensure UK Health Security Agency monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in #healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and …

Advises on how to prevent and control #infection in establishments such as #hospitals, #CareHomes and #schools.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732047

#Healthy #ScienceMatters #public #safety #health #medical #protection #Covid19 #LongCovid

"Nearly 10 babies died for every 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it was even higher at 15.2. The numbers — the highest in more than a decade — led the state of Mississippi under Edney's leadership to declare a public health emergency on Aug. 21."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5558448/mississippi-medicaid-infant-mortality-crisis

#PublicHealth #healthcare #medicaid #ACA #insurance #InfantMortality #ChildrensHealth #hospitals #RuralHealth #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #prenatal #mississippi

Direct #UKHSA to monitor #COVID infections that occur in particular settings - #Petition

Ensure UK Health Security Agency monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in #healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and …

Advises on how to prevent and control #infection in establishments such as #hospitals, #CareHomes and #schools.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732047

#Healthy #ScienceMatters #public #safety #health #medical #protection #Covid19 #LongCovid