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Jane Roberts
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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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Business Immigration attorney plays critical role for startups at UMRF Research Park
About 80% of Susser’s practice is helping startups, including those owned by foreign nationals, get off the ground.
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Health Care UTHSC advisory board approves tuition hikes if state doesn’t kick in funds
Tuition hike will be needed if Gov. Bill Lee does not include money for campus operations.
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Health Care U.S. Postal Service will issue new LOVE stamp at St. Jude
U.S. Postal Service has chosen St. Jude for love the research hospital exudes.
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Health Care Memphis’ STD rate ranks No. 21 among U.S. cities
List is based on data collected by the Centers for Disease Control; in 2018, Memphis ranked No. 17.
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Spirit of Memphis Champion for suffrage monument never misses beat, chance to vote
The story of Memphis’ role in Tennessee ratifying the 19th Amendment has become the story of the Memphis woman who has worked tirelessly to make sure people know how that victory was won.
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Education Rudd announces raises to get lowest-paid workers to $13 by July 1
The lowest-paid workers at the University of Memphis are to get two raises this year, bringing them to $13 an hour.
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Business Loews Hotel gets final OK on 16-story project
Board approves signage, light and art for series of other projects including Equality Trailblazers monument.
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Health Care Researcher looks for link between diabetes, cardiovascular disease
Study will probe the damage Type 2 diabetes causes in arteries and how that contributes to cardiovascular disease.
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Health Care Update: New $13 million facility key to enhancing research at St. Jude
Up to several dozen labs will move to the new facility, expected to be completed in July.
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Health Care Gynecologist’s Midtown office to meet needs of women, transgender patients
A growing part of the practice is helping men and women through hormone therapy to improve sleep and stamina.
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Health CareChoices reinventing itself again with new center
Choices is the modern remake of Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, started in 1974 by a group of Midtown women.
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Collierville Central Church reached out to nonprofit to steady roiling waters
The onetime megachurch lost two senior pastors in quick succession, a warning sign to its congregation that it needed to take time to sift through layers of its history.
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Health Care Shelby County has state’s highest flu numbers
Flu is spreading in Shelby County and has come early this season, meaning some could get sick more than once. Officials say it’s not too late for a flu shot.
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Business Campbell Clinic putting finishing touches on $49 million flagship
Campbell Clinic controls more than half the local market share for orthopedic care. It was the first medical office to build in the Wolf River Boulevard corridor. Its new building now towers over the landscape.
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Financial Services U of M professor’s book combines sustainability, ethics in business
A University of Memphis professor predicts new wave of corporate filings will reflect environment, social ethics.
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Health CareUTHSC to begin $46 million expansion to college of dentistry
Expansion will triple clinical space for faculty practice areas, add a clinic for special needs patients and a lecture hall for 136.
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Health CareMethodist-St. Francis deal will tighten competition, tax base
For-profit St. Francis will take $2 million in county taxes away when it leaves and Methodist takes over.
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EducationU of M tapping into learning in age of A.I.
Vasile Rus, the lead investigator, received a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation for Phase 1. The second phase is worth a potential $25 million in grants.
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Health Care St. Jude uses test to predict infection before symptoms occur
In 75% of the cases, the test predicted an infection before the child showed symptoms, according to St. Jude research.
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Metro U of M plans DATA Science Conference; seeks research
Conference is designed to build synergy between industry and university researchers.
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Health Care BlueCross, Cigna get restraining orders to stop lawmaker’s data request
Rep. Martin Daniel says state taxpayers could be paying "tens of millions of dollars" too much per year for state employees' health insurance claims.
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Health Care UTHSC sickle cell researcher on ground floor in latest FDA approvals
For years sickle cell has been treated simply with pain medicine, but new research breakthroughs are producing therapies that can really attack the disease and improve lives.
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Health Care Senior primary care practice ChenMed to enter Memphis market
Tampa, Florida-based health care company ChenMed set to open three senior primary care clinics in Memphis.
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Spirit of Memphis Charlie Newman’s quiet influence profoundly changed Memphis
The Memphis Bar Association gave its Judge Jerome Turner Lawyer's Lawyer Award to Charlie Newman, the conservationist-minded lawyer at Burch, Porter & Johnson whose work has changed the city's landscape.
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