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Mississippi moms suffer another grim statistic: The nation’s highest rate of stillbirths
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Mississippi as soon as once more has the nation’s highest price of fetal loss of life, based on information launched by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention on Thursday.
The report examined the almost 21,000 deaths of fetuses in utero that occurred after 20 weeks’ gestation – additionally known as stillbirths – in the US in 2020. The general nationwide price was 5.7 such deaths per 1,000 reside births, about the identical because it was the yr earlier than.
However in Mississippi, the speed was almost double that, at 10.6. That was a rise from 2019, when the state additionally led the nation with a price of 9.4.
The report didn’t embody state-specific evaluation of the causes of the stillbirths. Nationally, essentially the most generally reported trigger was “unspecified.” Mississippi maternal well being advocates say the state’s insufficient entry to primary well being care – exacerbated by one of many nation’s highest charges of uninsurance and state leaders’ determination to not increase Medicaid – clarify the info and different grim statistics.
As state leaders handed abortion restrictions in recent times, they claimed they had been making Mississippi “the most secure state within the nation for an unborn little one.” However Mississippi has lengthy claimed the nation’s highest toddler mortality price and a maternal mortality price about twice the nationwide determine. With abortion now banned in all however uncommon circumstances, the CDC report highlights one more of the dangers going through pregnant Mississippians.
Black moms and infants in Mississippi are far likelier to die than their white counterparts, and likelier to expertise hostile outcomes like untimely beginning and low birthweight.
To Getty Israel, the CEO and founding father of the Jackson clinic Sisters in Start, these statistics all inform the identical story: Mississippians should not wholesome, and Black girls within the state are significantly weak to circumstances that endanger their pregnancies. Many of the sufferers her clinic serves are Black girls with out insurance coverage.
“There are such a lot of Black girls who don’t even have major care,” she mentioned. “The one time a poor girl, a low-income girl in our state is sort of assured to get entry to insurance coverage and a supplier is when she’s pregnant. However she’s already unhealthy.”
About 60% of births in Mississippi are lined by Medicaid. Home Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, killed a proposal to increase postpartum Medicaid protection from 60 days to 12 months throughout the latest legislative session.
However postpartum protection wouldn’t clear up a lot of Mississippi’s terrible maternal and toddler well being outcomes, Israel identified. Ladies of reproductive age who qualify for Medicaid solely when they’re pregnant could have gone years with out seeing a supplier, rising their threat of circumstances like weight problems and hypertension. These circumstances in flip improve their threat of untimely beginning, which frequently requires costly and nerve-racking hospital stays for newborns.
“You need to get these girls wholesome earlier than they turn into pregnant,” Israel mentioned. “On the finish of the day, state of Mississippi taxpayers are paying for these untimely births. We’re paying for these million-dollar infants which can be within the NICU that might have been prevented. And most untimely births will be prevented.”
Mississippi well being information you’ll be able to’t get anyplace else.
The CDC report on fetal deaths didn’t present a breakdown of the speed by race for every state, however confirmed that Black moms within the U.S. had a fetal mortality price of 10.34 in 2020, in comparison with 4.73 for white moms.
As a result of small numbers of fetal deaths in some states could make the yearly information unreliable, the report additionally compiled the speed of fetal loss of life after 24 weeks’ gestation for 2018 by means of 2020. Mississippi topped that rating as nicely, with a price of 6.57. There have been 722 such deaths through the three-year interval.
Induced terminations should not included within the depend.
Mississippi’s new state well being officer Dr. Daniel P. Edney mentioned maternal and toddler well being will likely be a precedence.
“I refuse to imagine that our moms and infants are simply fated to proceed to die on the highest price within the nation,” he mentioned at a press convention on Thursday. “We’re speaking about white moms and Black moms. We’re speaking about white infants and Black infants… What’s completely egregious is the truth that our Black moms are dying at 3 times the speed of the remainder of the nation.”
The COVID-19 pandemic could have performed a job within the uptick in fetal deaths in Mississippi. Then-state well being officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs mentioned in Sept. 2021 that the state had recorded 72 fetal deaths in unvaccinated pregnant girls who had been contaminated with COVID-19, a determine “twice the background price of what can be anticipated.”
Simply over half of Mississippians have been absolutely vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19, one of many lowest charges within the nation.
Final yr, well being division researchers printed a examine on 15 girls who died from problems of COVID-19 throughout their pregnancies from March 2020 by means of October 2021. 9 of the ladies had been Black, three had been Hispanic and three had been white and non-Hispanic. Their deaths had been related to one miscarriage and two stillbirths, whereas twelve infants had been delivered.
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Who should be SBLive’s Mississippi high school player of the week? (Aug. 25-31)
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Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Mississippi high school Athlete of the Week for August25-31. Read through the nominees and cast your vote. The poll will close Sunday at 11:59 p.m. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email Tyler@scorebooklive.com. For questions/issues with he poll, email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com.
Editor’s note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes that receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.
Kohl Bradley, DB, George County: Racked up 17 tackles and returned an interception 80 yards for a touchdown in a 33-7 win over East Central.
DaJuan Colbert, DB, Natchez: Recorded 15 tackles, forced one fumble and returned another one 75 yards for a touchdown in a 58-50 win over Hancock.
Garrison Davis, QB, Holmes County Central: Completed 14 of his 21 pass attempts for 375 yards and three touchdowns in a 20-6 win over Vicksburg.
Xzavion Gainwell, DB, Yazoo County: Recorded nine tackles, an interception and an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Panthers’ 20-16 win over South Delta.
Elijah Jones, RB, West Jones: Had 24 carries 226 yards and four touchdowns in a 34-6 win over Laurel.
Kingi McNair, WR, Pearl: Caught four passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-20 win over Neshoba Central.
Ashton Nichols, DB, Clinton: Recorded six tackles to go with two big pass breakups, a blocked punt and a return for a touchdown in a 26-20 win over Warren Central.
Ethan Prater, RB, Pisgah: Rushed for 132 yards on 27 carries with three scores and caught a 60-yard touchdown pass in a 33-32 win over North Forrest.
Glen Singleton, RB, Madison Central: Rushed for 174 yards on 18 carries with all four touchdowns in a 27-20 win over Ocean Springs.
Damarius Yates, RB, Kemper County: Rushed for 193 yards on 17 carries and returned a kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown in a 38-15 win over Kosciusko.
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‘If they cannot play Thalia Hall, they cannot play in Mississippi at all’: Broadway in Jackson speaks out about possible show cancellations
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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – It’s been one month since Thalia Mara Hall closed its doors due to a mold outbreak.
Innovation Arts and Entertainment is the company responsible for bringing Broadway productions to Jackson.
Representatives from the company visited Jackson after hearing the building had been closed.
CEO Adam Epstein says the City of Jackson did not inform them of the news.
“We did not find out from anybody within the city. We found out by reading news clippings forwarded to us by other people in Jackson,” Epstein said.
Certified Industrial Hygienic Testing reported visible dirt, debris, and suspected mold growth on many surfaces.
Epstein fears this could change the possibility of bigger shows coming to the capital city.
“They’re going to skip over us because of this mess. We need to show as a community that Jackson cares about this valuable asset and that we demand our elected leaders to support and treat this really, incredibly valuable asset with the TLC it deserves,” he said.
Thalia Mara Hall is the only venue in the state that can host a Broadway production due to the technical needs and accommodations required.
“Touring theatrical shows. If they cannot play Thalia Hall, they cannot play in Mississippi at all,” he said.
Broadway in Jackson is not only a great source of entertainment in the city, but it’s also beneficial economically.
“Those other businesses don’t benefit. The city doesn’t earn tax revenue from events that we present. They don’t earn rental income from the events we present. They don’t earn facility fees from the events we present. This is a real tragedy. It’s unacceptable.”
The well-being of the potential audience is the company’s main priority.
“I will not risk our ticket buyers’ health and safety and comfort. Our shows can and will cancel before we’d ever put somebody in jeopardy. We’ve issued a 100% guarantee of a full refund if the venue is not given a clean bill of health,” Epstein said.
All shows will be canceled on a case-to-case basis.
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Tire failure suspected in deadly Mississippi bus crash, NTSB says
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Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are conducting a probe into Saturday’s crash that killed seven and injured 36 people.
The deadly bus crash in Mississippi that killed seven people and injured dozens of others early Saturday occurred after the vehicle experienced a tire failure, causing it to run off the road and overturn, officials and authorities said.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board, in coordination with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, are conducting a probe into Saturday’s crash that left seven people dead and another 36 people injured. The collision occurred at about 12:40 a.m. on Interstate 20 near Vicksburg, Mississippi, when the bus left the roadway and overturned.
The bus, which authorities described as a 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus, traveled westbound when its left front tire failed, NTSB member Todd Inman said at a news conference Sunday. The bus then moved onto an embankment and rolled over on its left side.
Inman added that investigators will be at the scene for at least another week and are looking into several factors of the crash, including the vehicle’s mechanical condition, motor carrier safety, the condition and experience of the driver, and environmental factors.
According to U.S. Department of Transportation records, the bus was operated by Autobuses Regiomontanos. Records show that in the 24 months before Saturday, the transit company’s vehicles were involved in one fatal crash, two injury collisions, and a crash requiring a tow truck.
The transit company has over 20 years of experience and provides trips between more than 100 destinations throughout Mexico and the United States, according to Autobuses Regiomontanos’ website.
“Everyone at the NTSB sends their expressions of sorrow for everything that the survivors and victims of this crash went through,” Inman said.
7 killed, 36 injured in bus crash
The bus carried a total of 41 passengers and two drivers, according to authorities. It was traveling from Atlanta to Dallas when the incident occurred.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, according to Master Sergeant Kervin K. Stewart with the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Six people were pronounced dead at the scene and another person died later at a hospital, Stewart said.
Another 36 people were transported to area hospitals.
Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said two victims killed in the crash were identified by their mother as a 16-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy, according to The New York Times. Authorities were working to identify the other victims.
Contributing: Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
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