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Thursday’s observance included a World AIDS Day 2022 proclamation from Mayor Lee Harris and a balloon release to pay tribute to all who are living with HIV/AIDS and remember those who’ve died in the past year.
The funding is part of the CDC’s $3.2 billion investment in local and state awards to strengthen public health infrastructure across the nation.
Data from the Shelby County Health Department shows the percentage of ER visits for flu-like illnesses in November was nearly four times the number for the same period last year. Patients ages 5-24 were hardest hit.
ALSAC’s Priya Tummalapalli once envisioned herself practicing international law abroad, but the sudden death of her mother put her on a different course, one firmly rooted in Memphis.
“This time of the year, I feel so good inside knowing I’ll get some clothes and something to eat, and I’ll leave full.”
Baptist Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital at 1240 S. Germantown Road will begin its second expansion in two years in April.
West Cancer Center & Research Institute recently completed a clinical trial that eliminated treated tumors in 12 weeks without adverse effects.
Memphians who have lost a loved one to suicide will gather on Saturday, Nov. 19, to find connection, gain understanding and share hope.
Tennessee ranks fifth in the nation for death rate due to opioid use. Two new treatment centers have opened to increase treatment for Memphians suffering from opioid addiction.
“Starting a med school is a big deal. If it was easy, everybody would do it. It takes a lot of effort.”
Navy veteran Joseph Vaughan moved to Memphis during the pandemic to lead one of the nation’s most complex veterans’ hospital systems.
In 2019, OrthoMemphis, Tabor Orthopedics and the Memphis Orthopaedic Group rebranded as OrthoSouth.
The new chancellor’s goals include creating a diverse workforce, increasing UTHSC’s clinical workforce statewide, working with other UT campuses to build pipelines and improving the health of Tennesseeans.
And what those health care professionals have found is a staggering number of students overweight and suffering from stage 1 or 2 hypertension.
During this week’s tour, university officials will discuss the values that shape the culture of the University of Tennessee system as well as the university’s increased focus on rural health care,
The program will award grants to expand patient capacity, upgrade practices and technology, and improve access to health care services.
As the hospital’s six-year, multi-billion dollar expansion gets underway, 500 office employees have moved into 150 Peabody Place. And area shops and restaurants are mighty glad to see them.
Baptist Arlington Emergency Department — West Tennessee’s first freestanding emergency department — will increase access to health care for residents of northeast Shelby, Fayette, Tipton and Haywood counties while providing new jobs for local residents.
The largest comprehensive behavioral health provider in Shelby County plans to break ground in March on the 55,000-square-foot crisis center.
Flu season typically peaks from December to February but Memphis-area emergency rooms are already treating an unusually large number of influenza patients.
Officials said the grant is intended to reduce maternal and infant mortality, particularly among the county’s Black population.
Regional One responded to a resolution approved this week by the Memphis City Council that urges the Shelby County Commission to persuade the hospital to allow the intervention program’s counselors access to the hospital and victims of violent crime.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has joined The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to fight childhood cancer.
Epigenetics, asthma, polyps and mitral valve regurgitation might seem unlikely subjects of artistic inspiration, but the marriage of medical science and visual art is drawing visitors to “The Art of Science.”
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that more than 275,000 additional nurses will be needed through 2030.