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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  She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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.

HYDE-SMITH:  USDA APPROVES $8.26 MILLION FOR WATER SYSTEMS UPGRADES IN RURAL MISS.

HYDE-SMITH:  USDA APPROVES $8.26 MILLION FOR WATER SYSTEMS UPGRADES IN RURAL MISS.

Rural Development Grant-Loan Funds Provided to Five Mississippi Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced $8.26 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture guaranteed loans and grants to support water and wastewater infrastructure projects in five rural Mississippi communities.

Systems in Adams...

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Delta Health Center Gets More Funding For COVID-19 Testing

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

Delta Health Center Gets More Funding For COVID-19 Testing

By BRyan Davis

Mound Bayou-based Delta Health Center has received more funding to increase COVID-19 testing capacity.

According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week, the health center...

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National Nurses Day: Celebrating nurses as superheroes

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National Nurses Day: Celebrating nurses as superheroes

Posted: Wed 4:34 PM, May 06, 2020

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Anderson Regional Health System adopted a superhero theme for its observance of National Nurses Day.

Nurses were also treated to breakfast as a way of saying thanks...

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USDA announces $470m in food purchases

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USDA announces $470m in food purchases

Purchases included $120 million in dairy products, $30 million each in pork products, chicken, and catfish products and $50 million in turkey products.

By Jacqui Fatka

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday details of $470...

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Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding

The Enterprise-Tocsin

Over $55 million will be going into Mississippi’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities or minority-serving institutions.

According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week...

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Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay

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Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
 
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By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernandez

As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York City hospitals, intensive care specialists more than 350 miles away at the University of Pittsburgh...

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