How we fare with peer cities on COVID-19
As the numbers tick up, Memphis and four other municipalities see similar trajectories.
Jane Roberts
Reporter
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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November 2020
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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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Financial Services Duncan-Williams being sold to Florida firm
Duncan-Williams Inc., the family- and employee-owned brokerage firm that has been part of Memphis for 52 years, is being acquired by South State Corp. a publicly traded firm based in Florida. -
Metro Barrett friend from Rhodes will be Tucker Carlson guest this evening
Friend will discuss their pride on a segment of how Rhodes alums feel about Barrett’s nomination.
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Spirit of Memphis U of M’s first Scheidt Award honors 2 mayors, tiger handler
First Rudi and Honey Scheidt Community Impact Award honors people who go out their way to work for the community and spirit it embodies.
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Financial Services Raymond James sends half its national security access work to UMRF Ventures
The project employs U of M students to manage about half of Raymond James’ national identity and access program.
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Metro Coronavirus numbers return to late July levels
“COVID-19 is still a very much present danger to the people of Shelby County and can be found in virtually all parts of Shelby County,” said Shelby County Health Department Deputy Director David Sweat.
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Metro St. Jude earns Magnet distinction for nursing staff
St. Jude was the first hospital in West Tennessee to receive the distinction.
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Coronavirus Landlords must post Health Dept. phone number for evicted tenants
The Shelby County Health Department issued a new health directive Monday, Oct. 12, that addresses evictions as well as the opening and closing of K-12 schools.
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Health Care Campbell Clinic adds robotic touch to knee surgery
ROSA, short for robotic surgical assistant, is Zimmer-Biomet’s answer to more precise knee surgery. The robot figures out the math for each patient and builds a plan for the surgery.
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Education Early Childhood Academy set for Orange Mound
Facility will serve 200 3-, 4-year-olds in the Melrose High School neighborhood.
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Health Care Baptist patient headed home with battery-powered heart
The surgery he made it through is the closest thing to an artificial heart implant ever done in Memphis.
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