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Mississippi Delta Residents Plagued By Parasite Infections Thought To Be Eradicated Due To Unsafe Water, Failing Sanitation Infrastructure
A host of parasitic diseases commonly thought to have been eradicated in the U.S. are infecting a large number of mostly poor, predominantly Black populations in the Mississippi Delta region.
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Mississippi receives grants to preserve Delta Region’s culture, history
announced the award of $186,756 in Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative (LMDI) grants. This year’s awards will support 11 ...
Human Rights Group Slams Mississippi For Failing To Prevent Black Women’s Cervical Cancer Deaths
Human rights activists determined Mississippi and the federal government failed to prevent Black women from dying of cervical ...
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"Like a River Flowing with Living Water": Worshiping in the Mississippi Delta
Gospel music has contributed tremendously to the Mississippi Delta region's unique musical heritage. This new sacred music of the 20th century reflects the concerns of urban life and to a large ...
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The Green Devils take on the State Capitol
The Mississippi Valley State University Green Devils celebrated 75 years of their existence on Tuesday at the State Capitol.
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Cook-Off for the Coast Raises $15k for Coastal Restoration
The seventh annual Cook-Off for the Coast at Docville Farm in St. Bernard Parish saw approximately 1,200 attendees and raised ...
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Inadequate Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care for Black Women in the United States Mississippi Delta
In the Mississippi Delta, a rural region with some of the worst health indicators and highest rates of poverty in Mississippi and in the entire United States, racial disparities are even starker ...
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Black women in the Delta with cervical cancer more likely to die because of health system failures
A new report explores the disproportionately high death rate among Black women in the Delta from cervical cancer.
Yazoo Backwater Pump Project appears to be coming to fruition
It required 80-plus years of wrangling with agencies of the federal government, but an agreement appears to be in place to ...
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Human rights group says Mississippi failed to prevent cervical cancer deaths for black women
Mississippi state and the US federal governments have neglected to protect black women from cervical cancer deaths in the rural Mississippi Delta region, Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative for ...