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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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Health Care Dar Salud moving to nonprofit model, adding clinics in Orange Mound, Whitehaven
Two new clinics are expected to open by year's end, and in another four to five years, the team that created Dar Salud expects the nonprofit network will have 10 clinics to serve chronically underserved people in Memphis.
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Education Rhodes plans to begin Aug. 26, and go straight through to Thanksgiving
Classes will be held on Labor Day; fall break will consist of one day.
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Church Health testing Friday part of outreach to Hispanic community
Bilingual staff from Church Health will be on-site to facilitate testing.
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Metro Delta Dental gives $1.1M to charitable dental clinics in state
In Memphis, clinics receiving donations are Church Health and Christ Community Center.
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Education CBU to start earlier, end fall semester by Thanksgiving
Classes will be a combination of face-to-face and online; in some cases, double occupancy will be possible in dorms.
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Metro Diaper bank distributing Friday in Frayser
Recipients must be Shelby County residents.
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Health Care Residency gives Southwest’s 2-year nursing students edge in public health
The director of the Shelby County Health Department started her career with a two-year nursing degree. Now she has initiated a partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College to provide paid Health Department residencies for associate-degree nurses.
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Health Care Memphis medical device firm launches post-surgical pump
The battery-operated suction device is designed to replace the bulb or accordion-style pumps that have been the standard for 50 years.
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Health Care Baptist, first to use remdesivir here to treat COVID patient, ‘cautiously optimistic’
Supply of the experimental drug is so limited, physicians must apply to a committee at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for approval to treat patients who meet specific criteria.
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Business Three years after it opened, St. Jude graduate school has first Ph.D.s
Training researchers in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital style at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is one way the hospital is transplanting itself.
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City of Memphis Recommend or require: Dividing line in mask debate
Wearing a mask or facial covering, and whether it should be mandated or suggested, is one of the ongoing debates as people emerge into the public arena as part of the COVID-19 recovery.
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Coronavirus UTHSC gives public access to daily COVID statistics
Graphs show infection rates across the nine-county metropolitan area, including bordering counties in Mississippi and Arkansas.
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Health Care Baptist, Methodist receive $100 million in stimulus, burning tens of millions more
Both Methodist and Baptist hospital systems are coping with COVID-19 physically so far, but money is becoming a problem.
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Health Care Lee tours new, $51M coronavirus care facility in former CA building
The hospital will open when numbers of COVID-19 patients make it necessary; they will arrive by ambulance in a drive-up bay off Beale Street.
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Opinion New field hospital is beautiful but unsettling
The renovation of 495 Union Ave. is a feat of will, but it doesn't soften the concern about what kind of shape we'll be in if we need it.
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Education UTHSC plans for online lectures, small labs, longer faculty hours
Besides large-scale changes in the ways classes and labs are offered, UTHSC expects more funding cuts from Nashville.
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Health Care Momentum scores load of masks, a key need in nonprofit sector
A source helped Momentum score 30,000 masks, given at no cost to help agencies here. In 10 minutes, they were taken.
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Health Care Nursing homes brace for new levels of scrutiny in the wake of pandemic
Experts say government regulations for nursing homes will drive change, but that costs of doing business the new way may also drive bankruptcies.
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Business Virus reproduction rate is the number to know; it’s now a promising 1.14 in Shelby County
Shelby County Health Department study models to predict COVID-19, where virus reproduction rate is the significant factor. Right now that number in the medium range, but rising in surrounding counties.
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Spirit of Memphis YMCA is more than gym-and-swim when kids need lunch
The YMCA’s community meal plan is now running seven days a week. A week ago Friday, it fed 18,000 people in one day.
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Health Care ALSAC cuts 160 jobs nationwide
The cuts do not include a reduction to St. Jude's hospital staff.
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Education Colleges make flexible plans for fall semester as situation remains fluid
Rhodes College, University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University leaders hope life returns to normal when the fall semester should begin, but they are making contingency plans.
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Health Care Memphis shows 5% positive COVID antibody rate; critics question test accuracy
FDA cracks down on testing process, says "flexibility never meant we would allow fraud."
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Health Care Internationally known neurologist leads new center at St. Jude
Later this year, St. Jude expects to accept patients for clinical trials in pediatric neurology.
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