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Greg Flynn, director of external affairs and media relations for the Mississippi State Department of Health, talks about Mississippi having the nation’s highest number of reported flu-like illnesses and what proactive measures to take as the flu approaches its seasonal peak.

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Eric J. Shelton was a 2018 corps member in Report for America, and joined the team as our first photojournalist. A native of Columbia, Miss., Eric earned his bachelor’s in photojournalism from the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a multimedia journalist for Abilene Reporter-News, chief photographer for the Hattiesburg American and photo editor for the Killeen Daily Herald before joining our team June 2018. He rejoined Mississippi Today as our health photojournalist in January 2022.