Posted: 7:14 PM The Mississippi Department of Health has granted a certificate of need for construction of a replacement facility for Neshoba General Hospital.

Updated: 7:58 PM Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby criticized the health care reform being debated in Washington Tuesday, in a speech on the Senate floor.

Updated: 11:43 AM WTOK news director John Johnson completed his third Rocket City Marathon this weekend in Huntsville, Ala., to benefit the Anderson Cancer Patient Benevolence Fund.

Updated: 7:02 PM A group of students finished the 2-year nursing program at Meridian Community College Friday.

Updated: 11:14 PM Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says health care legislation pending in Congress could make Medicaid too expensive for this state.

Updated: 7:34 PM Anderson Hospital is inviting people to pay tribute to loved ones who have been afflicted by cancer.

Updated: 2:16 PM The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Thursday that the 2009 swine flu injectable and nasal mist vaccines are available to the general public.

Posted: 7:51 PM Clarkdale softball coach Rick Roberson received his cancer diagnosis in December 2005. But he says he never missed a step.

Updated: 5:32 PM In the coming days, a winter-like chill will accompany a gray gloom, and it could be the coldest air we've seen so far this season.

Updated: 1:49 PM Dr. Ed Thompson, longtime head of the Mississippi Department of Health, has died.

Updated: 7:08 PM The Anderson Cancer Center in Meridian says it's continuing to look for ways to improve treatment and quality of life for cancer patients.

Posted: 10:37 AM The Mississippi Department of Health says a swine flu nasal mist vaccine is now available free of charge at county health departments.

Updated: 7:30 PM Within the last month a new treatment for Leukemia was released. Doctors say it shows improvements from previous cancer treatments.

Updated: 7:28 PM All 950 students enrolled at Newton County Elementary participated in the first ever Turkey Trot.

Updated: 7:23 PM The Office of Highway Safety brought the message of how seat belts save lives to Clarkdale High School Tuesday.

Updated: 7:04 PM There is one thing that helps reduce deaths from cancer. That is early detection.

Posted: 10:26 AM Teenagers make up almost 40 percent of those diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases in Mississippi.

Updated: 7:15 PM Some of the first H1N1 vaccinations in Mississippi were offered at local schools. The response surprised some officials.

Updated: 7:11 PM Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker spoke about the health care debate Thursday afternoon in Waynesboro, in a speech to the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs.

Posted: 10:41 AM Mississippi's uninsured and under-insured can receive free swine flu medication.

Updated: 2:38 PM The Anderson Regional Cancer Center, the Community Foundation of East Mississippi, and WTOK-TV are partnering for John Johnson's Run for Cancer.

Posted: 10:24 AM Two outspoken groups on different sides of the health care debate in Mississippi have jumped into the noisy national debate over reform.

Updated: 7:47 PM Some Stonewall residents will be needing to boil their drinking water.

Posted: 11:55 AM Flu-prevention kits are being distributed to Mississippi college students.

Updated: 7:19 PM A limited number of vaccines are now available at county health departments in Mississippi. Officials say it's a start to battling the illness.