Erica Hensley

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.

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

Erica Hensley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jackson native disrupts downtown with new tech hub plans

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

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

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

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