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Issues  |  Jeremy Pittari  • 
July 9, 2026

State Health Officer warns Mississippi Board of Health about declining kindergartener vaccination rates

With childhood vaccination rates in some counties falling below the 95% threshold, the State Health Department is working with affected school districts to ensure a plan is in place should an outbreak occur, Dr. Daniel Edney told the Board of Health.
Issues  |  Ali Swenson, Associated Press  • 
July 7, 2026

Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows

An AP analysis of the data finds that Ohio and Oklahoma each saw a more than 32% decline in ACA enrollment over the past year. Following closely behind, and losing more than a fourth of their enrollees, were Arizona, South Carolina, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Louisiana and Missouri.