Coronavirus live blog, April 13: Tennessee up to 5,610 cases, 109 deaths
The state reports 1,331 confirmed cases in Shelby County.
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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May 2020
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Health Care Hospitals resume elective surgeries with long list of regulations
Baptist and Methodist will be operating at up to 50% of usual elective surgery capacity.
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Health Care Telehealth: The future in medicine becomes reality fast
Across the Mid-South, practices that barely used telehealth visits before the novel coronavirus arrived have shifted large numbers of patient visits to screen time.
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Health Care Children’s Mental Health Week in Memphis features virtual activities
A children's art show, lectures, story time with Michelle Obama and a run/walk/bike event on Saturday are planned to observe the event.
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April 2020
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Midtown Pope names Memphis pastor bishop for Alexandria, La.
The Rev. Robert W. Marshall is expected to assume his new responsibilities in Louisiana in July. His installation and ordination are on hold until the faithful, perhaps only a percentage of their number, can gather.
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Health Care St. Jude produces global registry of pediatric cancer patients with COVID
With an assist from the Society of International Paediatric Oncology, the registry has been publicized around the world.
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Health CareHealth care startup doubles space Downtown due to pandemic
Prospero Health quickly adapted to telemedicine and expanded its reach by 20 states.
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Health Care Regional One Health cuts salaries, other costs in COVID crisis
Regional One Health has cut pay by 10% for all salaried workers, including executives and the doctors and nurses caring for COVID-19 patients, as it tries to navigate a financial crisis without furloughs.
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Health Care Methodist cuts executive pay, furloughs staff
Methodist said efforts to reduce expenses were made to minimize the impact on employees, and that some have taken voluntary furloughs. The cuts are temporary.
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Health Care Baptist testing every patient admitted to its hospitals
Every new patient gets swab test plus questionnaire. Patients will be put in isolation rooms until the tests come back, as soon as 45 minutes inside Baptist.
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Metro Hospitals set to receive nod for elective surgeries
Campbell Clinic says its Memphis hospital partners will have extended operating room hours, including weekends, to catch up on the backlog of elective surgeries.
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Business COVID-19 field hospital conversion underway on Union Avenue
About 500 people are working to meet the May 14 deadline for opening a makeshift hospital to handle overflow patients in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Business Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University
Methodist is participating in a study the Food and Drug Administration is conducting with Mayo Clinic, giving COVID-19 patients serum from those who have recovered from the disease.
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Business UTHSC takes huge strides in battle to ramp up testing
The campus developed a free test, and put it in play at Tiger Lane; now it's adding ‘cub’ sites to the mix.
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Health Care Local lab will begin antibody testing Tuesday
American Esoteric Laboratories in Memphis will begin processing blood samples Tuesday to see if people who had COVID-19 and recovered developed antibodies that may give them immunity.
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Business Techies among us invited to virtual hackathon, starting Monday
Organizers at the FedEx Institute suspect the session could pack a wallop: Some 3,800 people are registered with Meetup.com’s Memphis Technology Users Group.
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Health Care Saint Francis announces furloughs; experts say other hospitals have few choices
Elective surgery bans — in place in Tennessee since March 19 — have left big holes in hospital budgets. Outpatient procedures account for about 45% of hospital revenue in Memphis.
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Health Care Students provide sales pitch for technology developed in Memphis
Challenge is developing marketing and commercialization paths for local technology, then stepping up to the plate to sell it.
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Health Care The poor, African Americans face worst of coronavirus
In Memphis, 75% of the fatal cases have been African Americans. The underlying health disparities that make them vulnerable aren't new; coronavirus reveals the repercussions.
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Health Care Shelby County gets a D+ in social-distancing matrix
When researchers see a lull in new cases, they look to how well social distancing was going two weeks earlier.
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Metro Rhodes postpones commencement
Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass sent a note to the senior class on Tuesday, telling them that their May 16 graduation had been postponed.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus live blog, April 14: Tennessee up to 5,823 cases, 124 deaths
There have been 633 hospitalizations and 1,969 people are classified as having recovered from the disease.
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Health Care With COVID-19 tests out, number of cases uncertain
According to data released by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland late Friday afternoon, 278 patients are in city hospitals — 85 of them in ICU — awaiting a final diagnosis.
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CoronavirusMetro hospitals release ICU, ventilator counts; Health Department refuses
Twice this week, county Health Department officials have said they were forbidden from releasing hospitalization figures, including numbers of patients in ICUs and on ventilators, because the statewide Hospital Resource Tracking System is not public data.
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Health Care Malaria drug used in worst COVID-19 cases here; doctors watch closely
Using hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 is an off-label use, which means the drugs were intended for other uses and are experimental in treatment for the novel coronavirus.
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Education Avoiding crowds? There’s an app for that
A new, free app lets people share positive COVID-19 status and allows users to know within 24 hours if they have come in contact with another app user who tested positive.
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