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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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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.
Old Dominick has begun producing hand sanitizer at its Downtown distillery to help protect some most vulnerable to the coronavirus in the Memphis community.
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.
A UTHSC symposium outlines the need for data, analysis and a detailed plan as county leaders brace for future outbreaks as well as possible second wave of coronavirus
With COVID-19, the small trial at Rentrop Geater clinic in South Memphis could rise to 14,000-15,000, doctors say, and keep people with underlying conditions like diabetes and asthma at home.
The funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that became law.
Donald Thomason, dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences, said the college has received 2,000 masks from Hebei University and Hebei Medical University. Thousands more are en route from elsewhere in China.
The warning is equally stern for essential businesses, who must sanitize and enforce social distancing, even if it means changing business practices.
If you have been tested for COVID-19, isolate as if you are positive.
Governor Bill Lee will sign Executive Order 23 requiring that Tennesseans stay home unless they are carrying out essential activities as data shows an increase in citizen movement across the state.
“This is not just a recommendation but a requirement supported in law,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, health department medical officer.
Assisted-living and nursing home facilities are on high alert after coronavirus outbreaks at Carriage Court in Memphis and a more widespread cluster at a Gallatin center.
Health Department medical director Dr. Bruce Randolph said 5,506 have been tested, with 9% positive.
Heat map shows where positives are clustered now based on where the victims live. A version coming will show outbreaks based on workplace addresses.
There have been 546 COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the metro area that comprises Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties in Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas; and DeSoto and Marshall counties in Mississippi.
Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.
Health department confirms six positive cases in unnamed East Memphis assisted living facility.
Gov. Bill Lee has ordered all nonessential businesses to close and Mayor Jim Strickland announces access to Memphis parks will be limited, starting Tuesday.
Midsouth Makers is scaled up to continue production for as long as it's needed, members say. Their only worry is that the supply chain for 3-D printer filament may break down.
The City of Memphis is now reporting 379 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County.
An entire nation washing its collective hands for 20 seconds each, numerous times a day, burns through a lot of soap.
Dozens of students are hunkered down in deserted residence halls here, socializing the same way they are going to class – entirely online.