Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Emmitt Thomas will return to the team next season. It was believed the Oakland Raiders may have had interest in Thomas as their defensive coordinator but it is not known if they asked permission to interview Thomas.

The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday, June 30, that Hall of Fame CB Emmitt Thomas will have his jersey No. 18 retired by the team and will receive his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring during a ceremony at Arrowhead Stadium Oct. 19 versus the Tennessee Titans. Thomas will be the ninth player in franchise history to have his jersey retired.Prevalence of multiple sclerosis: door-to-door survey in three rural areas of coastal Black Sea regions of Turkey.
Little information exists on multiple sclerosis (MS) in Turkey. With a door-to-door survey in an urban part of Istanbul, we recently reported a prevalence rate of 101/100,000 population. We therefore investigated three rural areas of Turkey at the same latitude. The same survey methods were used for total populations of two rural areas (Kandıra and Geyve) near Istanbul, and for half the population of Erbaa, all near 40° north latitude on the Black Sea coast. In Kandıra, 5 of 8 suspects were diagnosed as having MS among 8,171 screened, resulting in a prevalence rate of 61/100,000. Geyve with 7 MS cases in 17,016 screened had a prevalence of 41/100,000, and Erbaa with