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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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Thomas Bryant, a heart transplant survivor, was admitted to the hospital weeks after he had surgery for colon cancer. His COVID treatment and recovery will be part of body of research being gathered around the world that will help scientists know how to treat people with underlying conditions.
For people who have no sick days, unemployment, the cost of testing and the quarantine that may follow are costs they avoid.
The pandemic has revealed both the size of the disparities here and the outcomes. African Americans account for 56% of the total number of COVID-19 cases in Shelby County but 61% of the deaths.
For right now, U of M, Christian Brothers and Rhodes College all intend to have dorms open, classes in person and in some cases, online.
A researcher at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital says pH way of rooting out influenza viruses that could cause pandemics.
Campaign will provide resources to help people identify the signs of someone considering suicide and materials to build awareness.
Shelby County ranks No. 4 on the 14 highest-risk counties for Tennessee, behind Macon, Davidson and Sevier counties.
Direct from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Madan Babu will direct the Center of Excellence for Data-Driven Discovery at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
In Shelby County, more than 28% of the people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are Latino. The percentage of positive tests is rising.
Pool testing has been used for other diseases for decades; Memphis among first cities to apply for FDA emergency-use approval.
Ruling seen as a big election-year victory for President Donald Trump, who counts on heavy support from evangelicals and other Christian groups for votes and policy backing.
Experts say challenges for college presidents are monumental, including now to plan for whatever temporary turns out to be as fall classes approach.
UTHSC will conduct and manage the testing centers on the U of M campus.
With hospitals 90% full in and right at the red range of capacity, leaders are working their plans for the COVID-19 surge.
Church Health has added paid physicians to cover the load of the recently unemployed, plus spending thousands of dollars a month on PPE.
UTHSC physician-scientist was part of the original leadership team of The Cancer Genome Atlas. He led the sequencing of RNA, which controls abnormal genetic expression in cancer cells.
Argument continues on the value of live vaccines to stimulate the immune system in the fight against COVID-19; there is no randomized study yet to prove it.
The $5.9 million investment from NIH builds on $10.8 million the University of Memphis and its partner universities received in 2014 to make better use of medical data collected by sensor devices.
Outreach includes immediate efforts to boost human papillomavirus vaccination rates here and across the Southeast. Tennessee ranks 37th in the nation.
The president says the university is lucky it doesn't have many classes with a large-lecture format.
Top Notch Security has been the subcontractor on airport security for 15 years. The new contract has different requirements, according to security changes coming to the airport.
Dr. Jeff Warren says Shelby County now has "too many people who are sick to be able to randomly test people who aren’t."
The research will help pharmaceutical companies create medication to stop cholesterol from attaching to walls of blood vessels in the brain.
Two-hour symposium includes updates on treatments, immunology studies and research happening in Memphis.
The child was 11, according to the Shelby County Health Department website, and was being treated for another condition at hospitals in Memphis.