USDA announces $470m in food purchases
Feedstuffs
USDA announces $470m in food purchases
Purchases included $120 million in dairy products, $30 million each in pork products, chicken, and catfish products and $50 million in turkey products.
By Jacqui Fatka
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday details of $470...
U.S. officials award $5.5M for Gulf Coast train service
The Associated Press
U.S. officials award $5.5M for Gulf Coast train service
The Associated Press
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Plans to restore passenger train service along the Gulf Coast are getting a big boost.
Members of Congress from Mississippi announced Friday that the Federal Railroad...
Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
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Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
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By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernandez
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York City hospitals, intensive care specialists more than 350 miles away at the University of Pittsburgh...
Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding
The Enterprise-Tocsin
Over $55 million will be going into Mississippi’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities or minority-serving institutions.
According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week...
Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends
Roll Call
Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends
Doctors, advocates, lawmakers call for permanent lifting of telehealth restrictions once current emergency eases
By Gopal Ratnam
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York...