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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After more than 30 years with the Mississippi State Department of Health, State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers says he's retiring at the end of the month, which is also the last day of the state's budget year.
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State Epidemiologist Paul Byers announced he will step down at the end of June
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Leaders with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) announced that State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers will retire at the end of June after more than 30 years with MSDH. “Dr. Byers will be hugely missed – not only for his institutional knowledge and expertise, but also for his constant professionalism […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
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Byers has served with the department for 30 years.
After over a year working to secure funding for her nonprofit Sisters in Birth to open the center, she’s come up short – and she blames what she calls an unfair and unclear federal funding process funneled through the state’s members of Congress.