NEW YORK - The U.S. flu season is underway with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses - among them Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi - and cases rising in other parts of the country, health officials say.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted new flu data on Nov. 17 showing very high activity last week in Louisiana, and high activity in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico and South Carolina.
Traditionally, the winter flu season ramps up in December or January. But it took off in October last year and is making a November entrance this year.
Flu activity was moderate but rising in New York City, Arkansas, California, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. (The AP 11/17/23) The flu is soaring in seven US states and rising in others, health officials say (msn.com)
MSU study: Impacts of bacteria in Miss. Sound
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State University assistant professor of biological sciences, Nathan Wisnoski, will use a $615,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury to study the ecological impacts of bacteria in the Mississippi Sound and the functions of the microorganisms.
Wisnoski is principal investigator of the two-year project: Transport and fate of bacterial communities in Mississippi coastal ecosystems.
“We will investigate the ecological mechanisms that influence microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning, including how human activities on the landscape affect the sustainability of Mississippi’s valuable coastal ecosystems,” Wisnoski said.
“It is important to understand how microorganisms, which perform many important ecosystem functions, cope with variability and assemble into complex and diverse communities.
"Our work will help identify the important ecological processes that influence the dynamics of coastal bacterial communities and their functions across the broader region.” (MSU 11/16/23)
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