Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered healthcare reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care. She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.
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.
Portland (Maine) Press Herald
Insulin price cap championed by Collins stripped from spending bill by fellow Republicans
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both have sought to cap the drug's price, which has shot up tenfold in the U.S. – but not other countries - in 20 years.
By Colin Woodard
Mai...
Vet Candy
Senate Veterinary Medicine Caucus Expands to Address Critical Issues in Animal and Public Health
Written By Jill Lopez
The U.S. Senate Veterinary Medicine Caucus, a bipartisan group dedicated to advancing veterinary policy and public health priorities, has expanded its membership in the...
Live Action
Bill mandates hospitals to disclose age they will provide life-saving care to preemies
By Amanda Vicinanzo
A new bill aims to ensure parents know the minimum age at which hospitals are equipped to provide life-saving care to premature infants.
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Magnolia State Live
This Mississippi community college is set to receive $300,000 in federal funds. Here’s why.
By Magnolia State Live
One Mississippi community college is set to receive more than $300,000 in federal funds for its telehealth-based mental health services.
Copiah-Lincoln Community...
CQ News
Senate spending panel advances Labor-HHS-Education bill
By Sandhya Raman, Mark Schoeff Jr. and Jacob Fulton, CQ
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved its fiscal 2026 spending bill, as amended, that would provide about $197 billion in discretionary funding for the...
HYDE-SMITH, MISS. PHYSICIANS DISCUSS IMPROVING HEART HEALTH
Meeting Follows Hyde-Smith Introduction of a National Cholesterol Education Resolution
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Mississippi Senators vote to end government shutdown as deadlock continues
By WLOX Staff
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi’s two U.S. Senators, Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, voted in favor of a bill to end the government shutdown.
The vote first took place on Tuesday, and...
SENATE PASSES RESOLUTION DESIGNATING TELEHEALTH AWARENESS WEEK
Resolution Will Help More Americans Learn About Accessing Care Through Telehealth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today passed a bipartisan resolution authored by U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) designating September 15-21 as “Telehealth Awareness Week.”
S.Res.417 recognizes that telehealth has helped millions of Americans across the country access quality health care and has become a critical...
HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week introduced a Senate resolution designating September as “National Infant Mortality Awareness Month” to raise greater public awareness of the problem and support for efforts to reduce such tragedies.
The resolution, among other things, highlights several programs like the Newborn Supply Kit that are being deployed to reduce the rates of infant mortality...
TRIBUTE TO DR. THOMAS E. DOBBS, III
Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 125
(Senate - July 27, 2022) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise to express deep appreciation
for Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, a friend and
leader to all of the frontline healthcare workers in...
