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Erica Hensley, a native of Atlanta, has been working as an investigative reporter focusing on public health for Mississippi Today since May 2018. She is a Knight Foundation fellow for our newsroom’s collaboration with local TV station WLBT and curates The Inform[H]er, our monthly women and girls’ newsletter. She is the 2019 recipient of the Doris O'Donnell Innovations in Investigative Journalism Fellowship. Erica received a bachelor’s in print journalism and political science from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and a master’s in health and medical journalism from the University of Georgia Grady College for Journalism and Mass Communication.

Gov. Reeves again rejects statewide mask mandate, downplays soaring COVID-19 numbers

Geoff PenderErica Hensley by Geoff Pender and Erica Hensley December 1, 2020January 11, 2021

Despite growing pressure from health experts, Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday doubled down on his opposition to a statewide mask mandate.

COVID-19 highlights lung health gaps in Jackson, but a group of chest doctors is listening 

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley November 27, 2020January 11, 2021

Most Mississippi nursing homes haven’t completed Medicare’s COVID-19 training

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley November 18, 2020January 11, 2021

‘Zero margin for failure’: With vaccination approval expected soon for high-risk Mississippians, the state doesn’t have enough money to distribute it

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley November 16, 2020January 11, 2021

Mississippi tops nation’s COVID-19 cases in nursing homes, where half of all residents have contracted the virus

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley November 13, 2020January 11, 2021

Gov. Tate Reeves’ daughter tests positive for COVID-19

Adam GanucheauErica Hensley by Adam Ganucheau and Erica Hensley November 10, 2020November 12, 2020

An ACA overturn could threaten years of insurance gains, women’s health access

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley November 10, 2020January 11, 2021

Affordable Care Act protections at-risk for Mississippi patients, clinics

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley November 9, 2020January 11, 2021

‘It’ll be higher than Obama’: Mike Espy will benefit from record Black voter turnout in Mississippi

Adam GanucheauGeoff PenderErica Hensley by Adam Ganucheau, Geoff Pender and Erica Hensley October 29, 2020November 2, 2020

As COVID-19 cases surge, Mississippi voters wonder: How safe is voting in person on Election Day?

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley October 27, 2020January 11, 2021

Jackson native disrupts downtown with new tech hub plans

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley October 10, 2020January 14, 2021

‘Just enough of the right stuff’: Why Mississippi’s COVID-19 numbers are flattening

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley September 25, 2020January 11, 2021

‘Forced to fight a war on two fronts’: How healthcare workers say misinformation and messaging worsen the toll COVID takes in Mississippi

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley September 21, 2020January 11, 2021

In Mississippi visit, Dr. Deborah Birx credits masks and distancing for state’s COVID-19 gains

Erica Hensley by Erica Hensley September 12, 2020September 20, 2020

Breastfeeding is stigmatized in Mississippi. This Delta program is working to change that. 

Aallyah WrightErica Hensley by Aallyah Wright and Erica Hensley September 11, 2020January 11, 2021

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