FTC sues to block Methodist purchase of Saint Francis
Federal agency says proposed acquisition would substantially reduce competition and health care costs would rise, according to its complaint.
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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November 2020
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Real Estate Tommy Pacello’s legacy lives in corners, city blocks he improved
Founder of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative saw huge potential in the bustling swath of land that is home to six hospitals, two colleges.
Related story: Calkins: Tommy Pacello was given a year to live — and he lived like all of us should
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Health CareHealth Department looks at tripwires as coronavirus cases mount
From 450 contact tracing interviews last week, the Health Department sees transmission is happening when people take masks off in restaurants, in gyms and in small social gatherings.
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Health Care Vacation was ruined, but local man was first in line for new antibody treatment
Drug gives a super supply of antibodies, more than the body can make on its own. “I think it’s well worth the small amount of risk it takes,” says Andy Shepherd.
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Coronavirus Moderna vaccine shows 94.5% effectiveness against COVID
The flu vaccine, given every year, has an efficacy rate of 40%-50%.
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Education U of M, Epicenter building path for science startups
Patents2Products pays salaries for researchers working on tech startups in U of M laboratories.
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City of Memphis COVID-19 unleashes world of change at Memphis Animal Services
With no room for mass-scale adoptions, MAS is trying to keep pets with their owners, often going door-to-door to find them.
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Health Care $51M field hospital ready, but ‘there are not enough nurses’
If the field hospital has to open, the region will be in a mess, Dr. Richard Walker says, and health care workers will be scarce.
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Shelby CountyCoronavirus: West Tenn. leaders urge caution, collaboration
Without a statewide mask mandate, leaders across West Tennessee are working to help people understand there is not a rural and urban virus.
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Coronavirus Health Dept.: COVID cases stemming from symptomatic people not staying home
“We are finding a lot of our cases are occurring with people feeling sick, but still going to work, going to a restaurant or socializing,” Dr. Bruce Randolph said.
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Coronavirus How we fare with peer cities on COVID-19
As the numbers tick up, Memphis and four other municipalities see similar trajectories.
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Metro State’s IT upgrade to blame for erratic COVID case numbers this week
An IT upgrade to the state’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System threw off COVID case data entry, creating lags in case numbers that persisted throughout the week.
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CoronavirusTwo dozen restaurants sign up for regular COVID testing
Test to Protect will work by allowing businesses to test their own employees with PCR nose-swab kits they can use at work or in their homes.
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Health Care Nurses, aides taking brunt of new COVID-19 cases
Some evidence suggests workers are infecting others when they let their guard down outside patient rooms.
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Shelby County Thanksgiving loads up COVID anxiety
Health Department asks faith leaders for their help as holidays approach, and church for many, will take center stage.
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Harris: One in seven early votes statewide from Shelby County
More votes had been cast in Shelby County before the polls opened on Election Day than in any other county in the state, county Mayor Lee Harris said Tuesday, Nov. 3. -
Health Care New efforts underway to reach Hispanic community about COVID-19
Clinic that serves the Hispanic community in Shelby County has 15 years’ experience knowing how to send the right message. It’s giving the Health Department a boost to reach people who need to hear the COVID-19 messages.
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October 2020
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Education U of M, U.S. Geologic Survey join forces
The partnership formalizes research, conservation and purity of groundwater efforts between the entities.
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Shelby County Health officials: COVID hospitalizations going up substantially
In expanded contact tracing interviews the Health Department has done with 704 infected people in the last month, 63% had symptoms but were out shopping, meeting with friends and going to work.
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Health Care Methodist-Saint Francis deal still on, but complicated by COVID-19, antitrust concerns
Because the merger would leave Memphis with only two hospital systems, antitrust issues have required Federal Trade Commission review.
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Health Care Regional One, UTHSC create post-COVID clinic
New Regional One clinic offers specialists for a variety of post-COVID symptoms, including those that last for weeks.
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Coronavirus Health Dept.: Coronavirus numbers ‘foreshadow challenging fall’
“The only community that is not in the red is Tate County, Mississippi,” said Shelby County Health Dept. Deputy Director David Sweat. “If you live anywhere in the Mid-South, you live in a county we determine to be at high risk of transmission.”
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Health Care Suburbs fueling local surge; task force pushes for statewide mask mandate
Data shows transmission happening in suburbs where athletic events are frequent and masks are fewer.
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Health Care Pandemic increases headaches of all kinds, including throbbing ones
Tension of the moment, COVID-19 itself and all the ways people are trying to cope create an uptick in headaches.
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Coronavirus Without a COVID vaccine, plans to distribute are tough to make
By Nov. 1, each state is to have identified sites where mass immunization clinics will be held. But plans are hard to make when vaccine requirements aren’t known.
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