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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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The Pipkin Building vaccination site will not close at the end of August and Germantown and Collierville partners will open a high-volume site, said City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen.
At Baptist, they extend the reach of nurses from four to six patients and allow beds to open.
Travel nurses filling the gaps make two to three times more an hour than staff RNs; it rankles, nurses say. But there are other reasons, including appreciation, exacerbating the nursing shortage.
Out of the 1,826 COVID-19 deaths reported by the Shelby County Health Department since the coronavirus pandemic began, 10 were among vaccinated individuals.
“The Delta variant has hit children harder than any of the other variants since the start of the pandemic,” said Dr. Barry Gilmore, chief medical officer.
Nurses have until Sept. 10 to sign up for the two-year program. The first $10,000 installment will be paid Sept. 24.
It is offering two hours of administrative leave, per dose, for faculty and staff not yet vaccinated.
Last week, president M. David Rudd said he would pursue making shots necessary as soon as FDA lifted emergency-use approval.
Rudd says the COVID vaccine should be added to the list that the state requires on all college campuses.
The university faced a $55 million shortfall last year; it now expects to be $75 million to $80 million to the good.
You probably won’t get a serious case, but Delta is a much different foe, doctors say.
Children now account for more COVID-19 infections in Shelby County than 18- to 34-year-olds, another record.
“All our leaders around the state and region understand the connection between rising case counts and bans on masking,” mayor says.
Federal suit filed in Memphis late Thursday afternoon.
New order also gives details on who is eligible for boosters now and will be in September.
“Debate is healthy, but not when the debate is about wearing a mask that can decrease the chance of children contracting COVID-19,” Dr. James Downing said.
A class-action lawsuit filed today alleges disabled students can’t get a proper education without universal masking to slow the spread of COVID-19, and therefore that Lee’s order is unlawful.
20% of children in global cancer registry developed serious disease; in 4% of cases, COVID was fatal.
In Shelby County, about one in five (23%) or 1,185 of the daily cases reported in the last month have been breakthrough cases.
The state argues that parents should seek remedy with the school on a case-by-case basis, as outlined in a federal special education act.
Women in the U.S. die at higher rates in childbirth than many other developed nations. For women of color, the rate of death is at least four times higher. To chisel away at the gap, in January CHOICES is starting a fellowship to coach two Black midwives a year.
Treatment can give COVID patients with a 10% survival rate close to a 50% chance of making it.
Sites across the nation were asked to recruit more 5- to 11-year-olds to get a broader look at vaccine side effects.
Tennessee as a whole is reporting 117 cases per 100,000 people, up 79% over 14 days, and the highest level in the nation.
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