Mississippi Edition for Monday, October 21:

Find out how a nationwide shortage of an anti-cancer drug is affecting kids with cancer right here in Mississippi. And after Byte Size Tech, the family of the late Emmett Till is in Mississippi to honor the Chicago teen whose Delta murder was a catalyst in the civil rights movement. And find out how digital technology is giving people a way to remember Till that can never be riddled with bullets. 

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Segment 1:

A nationwide shortage of a critical pediatric cancer drug has Mississippi's Batson Children's Hospital putting a contingency plan in place. Dr. Anderson Collier says one of the two companies that made Vincristine has stopped production. He says doctors use the drug for almost every major tumor they treat in children. Through careful rationing, Collier says they should have enough Vincristine to get through six weeks or so. After that, who knows? Dr. Anderson Collier spoke with MPB's Desare Frazier.

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Segment 2: Byte Size Tech 

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Segment 3: 

A fourth sign commemorating Emmett Till’s death is now up in the Mississippi Delta near the site where the Chicago teen was found murdered in 1955. The new sign replaces the bullet-riddled sign which was only put up last year. This summer, an image of three University of Mississippi students standing near the vandalized sign with guns went viral. 

The Emmett Till Memory Project mobile app is on APPLE and GOOGLE.

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