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Email this pageHattiesburg police are trying to locate 19-year-old John Michael Weeks of Hattiesburg as part of an investigation into the discovery of a body about 2 p.m. Friday in the 1900 block of Mamie Street. The male body found is believed to be a missing individual, Jim Travis Rainey, 36, of Hattiesburg. Rainey was
Email this pageThe nation’s largest supermarket chain is limiting the sales of some medicines and sanitizing products amid a growing outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S. The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) issued a notification on its mobile app alerting customers that it is limiting the sale of sanitation and cold and flu related products
Email this pageInmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman say chronic staff shortages and rampant violence have led some prisoners to insert their own catheters, treat their own stab wounds and suffer through seizures without medication. In many instances, there is one guard for every 160 inmates, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in
Email this pageThe World Health Organization has said the world should do more to prepare for a possible coronavirus pandemic. The WHO said it was too early to call the outbreak a pandemic but countries should be “in a phase of preparedness”. A pandemic is when an infectious disease spreads easily from person to person
Email this pageThis year’s flu shot is working relatively well to prevent influenza, particularly among children. Despite a weird flu season, this year’s flu shot is working relatively well to prevent influenza, particularly among children, according to a new report. In the new report, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated the flu shot’s effectiveness
