The Mississippi State Board of Health met Wednesday for its quarterly meeting, where state health officials outlined progress on cancer screening access, infectious disease trends and a new tool designed to help residents track food recalls.

Busy schedules, uncertainty and anxiety can keep patients from completing cervical cancer screening. At Bayne-Jones Army Community

Peet, 54, publicly revealed her breast cancer in a March 2026 personal essay for The New Yorker and expanded on the diagnosis in an October 2026 Today appearance and an interview with Cancer Today. She was initially diagnosed in September 2025 with stage 1 invasive lobular carcinoma, which is hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative.

Bowel cancers are some of the most successfully treated - if detected early. But remote regions have far lower rates of screenings.

A breast radiologist explains why women without a family history can still develop breast cancer and why screening matters. Mandy Gaither reports.

Because October often brings a greater focus on health awareness and prevention, it's the perfect time to encourage men to take a proactive approach to their health.

Early detection remains one of the most effective tools in the fight against cancer, and Ochsner LSU Health's Feist-Weiller Cancer Center is working to make screenings more