State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers, answers a reporter's question on the types of medical personnel that are to be provided to multiple hospitals statewide to meet the staffing shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at a news briefing Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in Jackson, Miss. Byers says he's retiring at the end of the month, which is also the last day of the state's budget year. In a news release Thursday, June 1, 2023, MSDH said Dr. Kathryn Taylor will replace Byers on an interim basis beginning July 1. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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.
