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Shay Bequett holds her infant son at her home in Hattiesburg on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Credit: Mukta Joshi/Mississippi Today

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‘Devastating’: Blue Cross moms now face out of pocket costs for breastfeeding help
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,05/09/25-1:32PM , 424 Reads 7,742 Statewide
Mississippi moms will no longer be able to use Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi insurance to cover lactation services after they leave the hospital.
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‘Funding crisis’: Disability rights organization forced to limit services as it awaits promised federal money
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,05/01/25-3:08PM , 441 Reads 8,504 Statewide
A state organization tasked with advocating for and providing legal services to Mississippians with disabilities will stop taking new cases for the first time in its history, the organization announced Thursday.
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Forensic scientist Jenn Odom operates an automated DNA extraction instrument at the Mississippi Crime Laboratory in Pearl, Miss., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The system processes up to 24 samples in about 17 minutes using silica-coated magnetic particles to capture and purify DNA through a series of washing steps. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Crime lab sees increase in rape kits following new law
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,04/17/25-5:24PM , 651 Reads 9,957 Statewide
Twenty-seven percent more rape kits were sent to the state crime lab in 2024 than the year before in Mississippi.
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State Rep. Timaka James-Jones, right, holds a photo of her late niece, Harmony Ball-Stribling, during a press conference for Black Maternal Health Week at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, April 14, 2025. Ball-Stribling and her unborn daughter, Harper, died in 2021 after a medical emergency in a rural community without 24-hour emergency care. James-Jones joined advocates in calling for improved maternal health policies across Mississippi. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mothers, advocates highlight racial disparities in birth during Black Maternal Health Week
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,04/15/25-11:26AM , 378 Reads 8,294 Statewide
Advocates and health care leaders joined lawmakers Monday morning at the Capitol to recognize Black Maternal Health Week, which started Friday.
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