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A few cans of infant formula are left on the shelves at Walmart in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, May 5, 2022. The U.S. is currently experiencing a shortage in infant formula. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi WIC program adds new baby formula options amid national shortage
By WILL STRIBLING - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/01/22-5:02PM , 850 Reads 16,686 Statewide
The Mississippi Department of Health announced on Wednesday that the state’s Women, Infants and Children’s Nutrition Program (WIC) is adding new baby formulas to its approved product list to improve access amid the national formula shortage.
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Tyler Fitzgerald, nurse manager, talks about University of Mississippi Medical Center's walk-up nursing and respiratory therapy job interviews, at UMMC's Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower in Jackson, Miss., Monday, May 16, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Rising costs, contract work exacerbate nursing shortage for state’s safety net hospital
By WILL STRIBLING - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,05/19/22-9:58AM , 704 Reads 16,900 Statewide
As part of efforts to address a shortage of nurses and respiratory therapists, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) hosted a walk-in job fair on Monday.

Pre-pandemic, UMMC would have an average of 30 open nursing positions at a time. That number has ballooned to over 200 over the past few years.
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Clint Patterson, CEO of Mockingbird Cannabis, with blue prints of the 163,000 square-foot facility currently under construction, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Inside a $30 million bet on Mississippi’s medical marijuana industry
By WILL STRIBLING - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,05/18/22-8:58AM , 767 Reads 28,609 Statewide
In an unincorporated area outside Raymond stands what its chief executive claims will be the largest medical marijuana growing and manufacturing operation in Mississippi, if not the southeastern United States.
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COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in Mississippi
By WILL STRIBLING - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,05/16/22-9:14AM , 402 Reads 23,553 Statewide
COVID-19 cases in Mississippi have increased rapidly over the past two weeks, though overall numbers still remain low.
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