A winning play for the health of Mississippi's children was announced today as Eli and Abby Manning made a personal pledge of $1 million to the Children's of Mississippi $100 million capital campaign.

Government programs that have benefitted those who grow food and those who process it haven't necessarily benefitted those who eat it, said Mike Espy, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, speaking Tuesday at UMMC.

About 13 miles north of Monticello, Mississippi, on highway 27, sits a little town called Oma. The community wasn't included in the recent census, so it's not easy to confirm how many people live there. What the U.S. census has determined is that the three communities within a 10-mile radius of Oma contain no more than 718 souls.

The Medical Center is proud to announce the following additions to its faculty and leadership staff.

A national scholastic honor society bestows an allied health education award to a Department of Psychiatry scientist, while 45 participants in UMMC's leadership program earn their diplomas.