CULLMAN COUNTY, AL (WBRC)- Funeral services were
held today for a 6-year old killed in a tragic accident in Cullman.

A car hit Jeremiah Harville while he was riding his bicycle last week. Monday afternoon he was laid to rest.

His funeral was held at the Hanceville funeral home and his burial service will be held Monday evening at Mt. Zion Methodist Ceremony in Cullman County.

Jeremiah died last Thursday while riding his bike. Witnesses say he rode right into the path of a car and the driver could not stop in time.

Jeremiah was a first grader at Cullman City Primary School. Extra counselors have been brought in to help students as well as staff members work through this loss. Students in Jeremiah's class wrote letters to his family sharing some of their favorite memories.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A new company is being launched in Birmingham to combat computer-based attacks.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is starting an intelligence company called Malcovery in a public-private partnership.

The director of UAB's computer forensics office, Gary Warner, will serve as the company's chief technologist while remaining in his role with the university.

Warner says the company provides real-time intelligence to identify cyberattacks as they occur worldwide. Malcovery is an outgrowth of Warner's work identify computer security threats.

Malcovery is based jointly in Birmingham and in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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(HealthDay News) -- Hay fever and similar allergies increase the frequency and severity of respiratory problems in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study shows.

COPD is a progressive lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe.

In this study, researchers looked at more than 1,400 patients with COPD, and found that those with allergies were much more likely than those without allergies to wheeze, to have chronic cough and chronic phlegm, to awake during the night because of cough, and to have a worsening of COPD symptoms that required antibiotics or a visit to the doctor.

The study by the Johns Hopkins University researchers was published online May 10 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.