County’s first COVID-19 victim: Family, church mourn retired UTHSC administrator
Kenneth Bradshaw “never gave up, never gave in, always gave back.”
David Waters
Investigative reporter
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
There are 125 articles by David Waters :
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April 2020
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Coronavirus Waters: Churches move online, preaching gospel of social distance
The faithful are attending Sunday school, Bible study and choir practice on YouTube and Twitter, and turning Facebook into a fellowship hall.
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Coronavirus Predictions on COVID-19 surge differ, but all agree it’s coming
Hundreds of people in government, health care, academia and business are working around the clock to predict and prepare for the coming COVID-19 surge.
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Coronavirus Local social distancing policies seem to be working; new surge estimates show fewer deaths
The computer model Tennessee and Shelby County are using to predict the surge in COVID-19 cases dramatically changed Monday, April 6, and for the better.
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CoronavirusTask force aims to test 1,000 a day, whether they can pay or not
Local health officials believe ramped-up testing is vital for lessening the current wave of coronavirus and the next one.
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Coronavirus Questions about race and locations of COVID-19 outbreaks gain attention
“The goal isn’t so much to expand the volume of testing but the equity of testing, both demographically and geographically,” said Jenny Bartlett-Prescott, chief operating officer of Church Health who is leading the task force’s testing subgroup.
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Coronavirus Predicting the surge in Memphis: will a new state-specific model work better?
Predictive models are important and helpful, but can’t be taken as gospel, said Dr. Manoj Jain, the infectious disease expert and epidemiologist who is advising the local COVID-19 Task Force.
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Coronavirus From beginning to end, Memphis’ testing process has challenges
The lightning speed at which the novel coronavirus moves and attacks has made testing, tracing, and targeting its path even more difficult and vital.
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MetroShelby County should be able to test 5,000 people a day for COVID-19. So, why isn’t it?
Shelby County has the kits and lab space to test 5,000 people a day for COVID-19, but declining demand and other issues have kept daily tests below 1,000 just as the need for testing grows.
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CoronavirusDoctors helping to create plan to reopen Memphis
The medical experts tasked with helping to plan the city's reopening know taming the virus will require risk assessment and management they've never attempted. They also know they can't afford to be wrong.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus adds to fear, struggles of migrant mothers
One immigrant mother helping others protect their families from COVID, ICE and other threats.
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May 2020
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Coronavirus Leaders weigh ‘Back to Business’ risks of reopening badly
Local leaders worry that conflicting and inconsistent policies could make "Back to Business" rules more difficult to maintain and reopening risks more difficult to control.
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Metro Brooks Ramsey, legendary Memphis minister, dies two weeks after his wife of 75 years
Ramsey, who pushed his white Baptist congregations to desegregate in the 1960s, spent his last few decades serving as a counselor, teacher and minister in five other denominations.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus live blog, April 9: State reports 4,634 cases, 94 deaths
The Tennessee Department of Health puts the Shelby County coronavirus case number at 1,006.
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Coronavirus Lots of COVID-19 data but few answers about what the numbers mean for reopening
The slowly rising tide of local confirmed COVID-19 cases and related deaths can get lost in the uneven ebb and flow of daily numbers.
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Neighborhoods ‘Miracle’ third child snares fourth-generation Grambling scholarship
COVID-19 cancelled Amari Ajamu's senior trip, and prom, and graduation ceremony, but it didn't stop his family from celebrating their Soulsville Charter School and Stax Academy graduate.
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Metro The ones we’ve lost: Area sees 100 local COVID-19 deaths and counting
The death count is dramatically lower than early warnings, but no less tragic, as coronavirus precautions left many victims to die alone, isolated from their spouses and children, dear friends and clergy.
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June 2020
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Spirit of Memphis Memphis woman fights COVID-19 in Navajo Nation
Janice Ballard follows her faith in God and public health onto the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Education When schools closed, Bridget Riley’s class found new sources of instruction, inspiration
East High's collaboration with local artists showed the academic, social and emotional potential of an interactive online class.
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July 2020
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Education COVID-19’s Catch-22: Are Memphis kids safer at school or at home?
Kids who go to school risk exposing themselves and others to COVID-19. But many kids who stay home are more vulnerable to adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs.
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Coronavirus How local health experts deal with COVID-19 in daily lives
Do the experts wear masks? Eat out? Sanitize their mail and groceries? Let their kids join protests or send them to school? We asked.
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Education How will schools handle COVID-19 cases? Reopening plans offer few details
What will happen when some of them test positive for COVID-19? The answers are troubling, and in many cases yet to be determined.
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Metro Retired pastor in critical condition after bike hit by car
Rev. Steve Montgomery, who retired as the widely respected and beloved senior pastor of Idlewild Presbyterian Church a little over a year ago, is in critical condition in intensive care at Regional One.
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August 2020
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Metro Steve Montgomery, beloved Idlewild Church pastor, dies from injuries in bike accident
The Rev. Dr. Stephen R. Montgomery, whose prophetic hope and pastoral heart gently, but firmly challenged and encouraged his church and community to be more just and loving, died Friday morning at Regional One Health with his family by his side. He was 68.
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Metro Church raises prayer flags for Montgomery
Those who make and fly flags for Steve Montgomery are invited to share photos of them on social media using #RememberSteve, or to email photos to RememberSteve@idlewildchurch.org.
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