The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported the first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in 2017. The reported case is in Forrest County. The MSDH only reports laboratory-confirmed cases...

Mississippi health officials have reported a second case of Vibrio vulnificus in a resident from Forrest County who contracted the bacterial infection in Mississippi gulf waters. This follows a previous...

Today the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) confirms the death of a Forrest County resident from West Nile virus (WNV), the third Mississippi death from WNV in 2014. New human cases have also...