
Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered health care reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care. As she has throughout her public career, the Senator has maintained a sharp focus on improving rural health care.
Senator Hyde-Smith appreciates the role of the state’s universities to support federal research on better prevention and treatment efforts on chronic diseases, like diabetes, that affect Mississippians disproportionally.
HYDE-SMITH RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHING CDC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH
HYDE-SMITH RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHING CDC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH
At Budget Review Hearing, CDC Director Also Agrees with Hyde-Smith Call for Greater Flexibility in Using CDC Funding

VIDEO: Hyde-Smith Advocates Office of Rural Health within CDC.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing rural health disparities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today recommended establishing an Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to begin...
Mississippi senator wants CDC to form new Office of Rural Health
WAPT-TV Jackson
Mississippi senator wants CDC to form new Office of Rural Health
By Troy Johnson
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has called on the CDC to form an Office of Rural Health.
Hyde-Smith said millions of Americans, including Mississippians, were disproportionately hit during the pandemic due to a lack of health care resources.
"I believe establishing a new office of rural health within the Center for Disease Control would be an important way to support rural...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH OPPOSE BIDEN EFFORT TO DIRECT TAX DOLLARS TO ABORTION PROVIDERS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH OPPOSE BIDEN EFFORT TO DIRECT TAX DOLLARS TO ABORTION PROVIDERS
Miss. Senators & Colleagues Challenge Plan to Direct Tax Dollars to Abortion Providers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined 32 colleagues in opposition to the Biden administration’s efforts to direct tax dollars to abortion providers.
The lawmakers signed a comprehensive public comment letter that urges Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier...
‘Very ominous’: Abortion activists panic at Supreme Court taking Mississippi case, pro-lifers hopeful
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‘Very ominous’: Abortion activists panic at Supreme Court taking Mississippi case, pro-lifers hopeful
‘The Supreme Court must acknowledge what science has long revealed: that a unique and individual human life begins at the moment of fertilization,’ said Lila Rose of Live Action.
B...
Senators shed masks after CDC lifts mandate
The Hill
Senators shed masks after CDC lifts mandate
By Jordan Carney
Senators largely shed their masks as they returned to the Capitol on Monday, marking a step back toward pre-pandemic normalcy after more than one year.
Monday's session comes after the Centers for Disease Control and...
SCOTUS reignites national debate in decision to take up Miss. abortion ban challenge
WLBT-TV Jackson
SCOTUS reignites national debate in decision to take up Miss. abortion ban challenge
By Anthony Warren
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement Monday that it would hear a case challenging Mississippi’s anti-abortion law has re-sparked a national debate about...