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A Year in Photos by Eric J. Shelton

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  • Emergency medical technician April King waits her partner as they prepare for their shifts at American Medical Response in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Several of the state’s emergency services leaders told Mississippi Today that while paramedic providers have been troubled for years by an incomplete reimbursement system, low wages and staffing shortages, problems have hit a critical point exacerbated by ongoing hurdles from COVID-19. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Lab technician Keri Chappell processes breast milk at Mothers’ Milk Bank of Mississippi in Flowood, Miss., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Natalie Shepherd, a surgical tech student, takes a break from her shift at Ocean Springs Hospital in Ocean Springs, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Talyr Hall, a resident physician at a Pine Belt medical facility, begins her physical therapy session on an elliptical machine Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Talyr was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2016. She is an advocate for medical marijuana, but she wouldn’t be able to use it due to her career in the medical industry. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Bezal Jupiter speaks to demonstrators during a protest against the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, May 6, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • A protester holds a sign during a rally at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss. to protest the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, Friday, May 6, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Dr. Cheryl Hamlin drives to the airport after completing what will likely be her last shift at the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 9, 2022. Dr. Hamlin travels from Massachusetts to Jackson to assist patients seeking abortions. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Volunteers distribute food to Holmes County residents during a mobile food pantry drive-thru in Pickens, Miss., Thursday, June 23, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Rose Kasrai, a clinic escort since 2015, wipes away tears during a press conference at the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 case that established a person’s right to an abortion. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • A patient responds to anti-abortion protesters with a her fist raised in the air as she walks into the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The clinic must stop providing abortions after a judge refused to block the state’s trigger law from taking effect. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Clinic escorts Derenda Hancock, left, and Rose Kasrai embrace after leaving the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The clinic must stop providing abortions after a judge refused to block the state’s trigger law from taking effect. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Barber Michael Johnson gives Uriah Wright a haircut at Traxler’s School of Hair in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Barbers participated in a mental health training, offered by the Jackson Heart Study’s Community Engagement Center and the Confess Project, to support his clients when they talk to him about their mental health related issues. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Shavondra Smalley looks after her daughter, 8-year old, Layla Smalley, at their home in Natchez, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Layla Smalley has pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency and she requires 24 hour care. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • A Jackson resident carries water to his car on Harrow Drive in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Members of the Mississippi National Guard distribute bottled water to Jackson residents at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, September 1, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, center, greets members of the Mississippi National Guard at a water distribution site located at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, September 1, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Bill Meredith poses for a portrait inside of his home in Sumrall, Miss., Thursday, September 15, 2022. Bill Meredith was diagnosed with a severe liver disease in 2021. Two weeks after being put on a transplant list for a new liver, UMMC went out of network with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi, Meredith’s insurance company and the state’s largest private insurer Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Kristel Robinson and her son Aiden, 11, pose for a portrait outside of their home in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Aiden was accidentally burned and was treated at the JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center in 2019. The center, which is the only burn center in the state, is set to close in October. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Jackson residents and supporters hold signs as they march to the Governor’s Mansion in Jackson, Miss. to protest the ongoing water issues in the city on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • A crowd marches to the Governor’s Mansion to protest the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Lonzell Wright pays for his items at Farmacy Marketplace in Webb, Miss., Friday, October 28, 2022. Farmacy is the only grocery store in the town. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
  • Tim Floyd poses for his portrait near his parents home in Guntown, Miss., Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Tim Floyd was diagnosed with diabetes in 2017 after years of treating diabetic foot ulcers without medical insurance. Mississippi remains one of 12 states – and will likely soon be one of only 10 – not to accept federal dollars and provide health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Mississippians, many of them working poor. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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