St. Jude Marathon going virtual; Shadyac optimistic
Three racing options will be available for runners over four months before and on the 2020 race day, Dec. 5.
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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July 2020
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Shelby County Don’t overreact to high positivity rate, experts say
Weekly averages tone down bumps that show up when tests come from a high-impact area or are delayed in being processed and are reported all at once.
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Education U of M will run remotely for month, reassess
U of M will reassess the situation in early September. In the meantime, President Rudd notes that the campus never closed and has density of students and staff of 35%-40%.
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August 2020
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Bartlett Bartlett outbreak results in 33 infected seniors
The health of 33 assisted living residents is being monitored after a COVID-19 outbreak in Bartlett. In Shelby County as a whole, there have been five new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours.
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Health Care Regional One, Semmes Murphey zap cells in brain that cause tremors
The incision-less procedure is done outpatient at Regional One’s east campus by Semmes Murphey neurosurgeon, Dr. Aaron Bond.
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Health Care Mississippi hot with COVID-19; experts worry fatalities may be under-counted
Coroners in Mississippi rule on cases of death outside a hospital. In Mississippi, it's an elected job.
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Education If positive trends continue, U of M could have more in-person classes, and sooner
U of M needs several weeks of downward COVID-19 trends before it will consider bringing more students back.
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Health Care St. Jude employees show high immunity to virus, roll up sleeves for study
St. Jude is using daily test data of hundreds of employees to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19 immunity, antibodies.
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Health CareFolk cures, pervasive in Hispanic community, no match for COVID-19
José Lara was hospitalized this summer with COVID-19 and was treated with remdesivir at Methodist Hospital-North. His heart breaks for friends and family using folk remedies, including lemon juice.
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Health Care Baptist nursing school now a university, adding second graduate program in ‘21
The program will now offer 13 majors across several disciplines.
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Health Care Entrepreneurial nurses build virtual clinic around telehealth
Online practice offers appointments six days a week from acute care to helping people manage chronic disease.
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Health Care Haushalter, Harris celebrate low numbers, look to marathon ahead
Health department adds 141 employees, funded with CARES Act money that expires Dec. 31.
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Health Care Tripwires set conditions for businesses to reopen; clarify rules for athletic events
The new standards for reopening bars and allowing gatherings are based on trends in cases and positivity rates.
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Metro One in 3 Americans would not get COVID vaccine today, even if free
With the immunity the nation should have by the time a COVID-19 vaccine arrives, health officials say a 45-65% immunization rate should be sufficient.
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Coronavirus County offering COVID grants for close-contact personal service shops
Many salons have reopened, but the business model looks drastically different including reduced occupancy, said Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery.
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Coronavirus City officials explain coronavirus pool testing pilot
The pool testing the city is doing through Poplar Healthcare is now aimed at teachers and students.
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Le Bonheur infection expert says school OK, provided guidance followed
City is testing schoolchildren in charter schools here; results are being analyzed at Poplar Healthcare laboratories through pooled analysis. Poplar and AEL have both received FDA approval here for the analysis.
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Education CBU freshmen move in with usual fears, plus pandemic
At Christian Brothers University, modeling indicated campus would lose more than $4 million if all learning was conducted remotely.
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Health Care Baptist will burn through 400K gowns in less than month
Baptist needs 15,000 gowns a day; to get them, it chartered a plane through FedEx, straight from China.
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Elections Momentum Nonprofit Partners pushes for Election Day holiday
A mailing sent to nearly 600 Memphis area nonprofit agencies encourages giving employees time off on Election Day so they can vote.
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East Memphis High school goes virtual after COVID outbreak
All of the school's athletics have been suspended, as well.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus: New guidance says children don’t need to be screened
For people who have moderate to severe coronavirus symptoms, the isolation period may extend to 20 days, Alisa Haushalter said. She said it’s important for employers and schools to be prepared for this.
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Health Care Bacteria in the blood may be reason heart attacks so fatal to dialysis patients
Ten to 15 years ago, the notion that bacteria could be in the blood was heresy. Now, it may be the reason dialysis patients often die of heart attacks while they await kidney transplant.
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Education No provisions in place to alert general public to COVID-19 cases in schools
The Shelby County Health Department is not tracking the number of COVID-19 cases in the schools nor is it requiring schools to report cases.
Related: Like Shelby County, COVID-19 reporting among schools statewide is random
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Health Care Flu season looms, usual benchmarks offer little guidance
Masking and social distancing greatly damped flu in the Southern Hemisphere over the summer. But it also means there was little to go on in what the Northern Hemisphere flu vaccine should include.
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