Baptist, Methodist receive $100 million in stimulus, burning tens of millions more
Both Methodist and Baptist hospital systems are coping with COVID-19 physically so far, but money is becoming a problem.
Jane Roberts
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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May 2020
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Coronavirus UTHSC gives public access to daily COVID statistics
Graphs show infection rates across the nine-county metropolitan area, including bordering counties in Mississippi and Arkansas.
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City of Memphis Recommend or require: Dividing line in mask debate
Wearing a mask or facial covering, and whether it should be mandated or suggested, is one of the ongoing debates as people emerge into the public arena as part of the COVID-19 recovery.
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Business Three years after it opened, St. Jude graduate school has first Ph.D.s
Training researchers in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital style at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is one way the hospital is transplanting itself.
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Health Care Baptist, first to use remdesivir here to treat COVID patient, ‘cautiously optimistic’
Supply of the experimental drug is so limited, physicians must apply to a committee at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for approval to treat patients who meet specific criteria.
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Health Care Memphis medical device firm launches post-surgical pump
The battery-operated suction device is designed to replace the bulb or accordion-style pumps that have been the standard for 50 years.
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Health Care Residency gives Southwest’s 2-year nursing students edge in public health
The director of the Shelby County Health Department started her career with a two-year nursing degree. Now she has initiated a partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College to provide paid Health Department residencies for associate-degree nurses.
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Metro Diaper bank distributing Friday in Frayser
Recipients must be Shelby County residents.
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Education CBU to start earlier, end fall semester by Thanksgiving
Classes will be a combination of face-to-face and online; in some cases, double occupancy will be possible in dorms.
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Metro Delta Dental gives $1.1M to charitable dental clinics in state
In Memphis, clinics receiving donations are Church Health and Christ Community Center.
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Church Health testing Friday part of outreach to Hispanic community
Bilingual staff from Church Health will be on-site to facilitate testing.
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Education Rhodes plans to begin Aug. 26, and go straight through to Thanksgiving
Classes will be held on Labor Day; fall break will consist of one day.
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Health Care Dar Salud moving to nonprofit model, adding clinics in Orange Mound, Whitehaven
Two new clinics are expected to open by year's end, and in another four to five years, the team that created Dar Salud expects the nonprofit network will have 10 clinics to serve chronically underserved people in Memphis.
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Business At UTHSC, W.C. Handy’s cornet symbolizes innovation, team science
CORNET Awards spark spirit of collaboration that often leads to larger grants from national funders
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Metro UTHSC pharmacy students make masks for under-served communities
The work is a project of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association.
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Metro Baptist offering Camp Good Grief through Facebook, starting June 1
Materials for activities can be downloaded from home.
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June 2020
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Metro Citing COVID-19, COGIC cancels Holy Convocation scheduled for St. Louis
COGIC is scheduled to return to the Bluff City in 2021 for its mass gathering. “It’s going to be quite interesting what is going to happen in Memphis next year,” Bishop Brandon Porter said.
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Health CareDoctors warn of serious late-virus reaction in children
Of the more than 350 children in Shelby County who have tested positive for COVID-19, a tiny handful have developed what appears to be a form of Kawasaki disease, the autoimmune disease that causes blood vessels to inflame. Symptoms include persistent high fever and abdominal pain.
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Health Care Spikes in OD rates sign of anguish across county
IAC Associates has extended its addiction help at Baptist Memorial Health Care, including a hotline it opened recently.
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Health Care Health Department halts distribution of free face masks
Questions arise about the safety of odor-fighting Silvadur applied to the masks, which diminishes in the fabric with washings.
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City of Memphis Strickland makes pitch to test 30,000 people a day
People could expect to be tested several times a month at work if employers sign on.
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Health Care City’s plan to test 30,000 a day has critics
As Memphis sees a spike in coronavirus cases and plans move forward to expand testing, some medical professionals say it's not a great idea because of the risk of false-positive results.
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Education U of M expects to lose $15 million in state funding due to COVID losses
Staff likely will not get 1.5% pay hike; tuition not expected to rise.
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Metro OD prevention team plans event Saturday
The Street Team for Overdose Prevention (S.T.O.P.) will host an outreach event Saturday, June 6, to focus on ZIP code 38109 where overdoses are up significantly.
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Health Care White Coats 4 Black Lives rally draws hundreds
UTHSC students organized the event to focus attention on disparities in medical care along racial lines, drawing hundreds of medical workers and students to the rally in the Medical District.
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