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With $4M investment, UTHSC and others expand community health hubs

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:44:32 -0500

A community health hub model led by UTHSC and other partners is expanding across the state, thanks in part to a donation from United Health Foundation.

Community health hub opens in Raleigh

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:22:28 -0500

County Commissioner Charlie Caswell Jr. says the ShelbyCares health hub, a partnership between UTHSC and county government, will help “break that generational curse” in North Memphis.

FedEx laying off more than 150

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:09:29 -0500

Facility closures are scheduled to take place Aug. 3.

Robot helps with knee surgery at Saint Francis Hospital

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:00:01 -0500

Saint Francis Healthcare has bought the ROSA Robotics Knee System, which a local surgeon said has been crucial to being more exact with knee-replacement surgery.

11 cyclosporiasis cases in Shelby residents, health department says

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:27:33 -0500

The illness can cause symptoms including explosive diarrhea.

The beam team: Baptist Memorial leaves mark atop Fayette County hospital project

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:03:12 -0500

Residents, healthcare execs and local officials had the chance to be part of the $27 million community hospital in Fayette County.

Former FedEx pilot, AutoZone exec tapped by Gov. Lee for Memphis airport board

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:30:24 -0500

The two selections round out the picks for a new board following a change in state law, pending a lawsuit originating in Nashville.

Here's where Memphis airport board stands on new state law affecting who selects members

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:00:14 -0500

A new state law changes who selects members of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority board of commissioners, but has been contested in federal court.

'One-stop shop' for eye care will help homeless Memphians frame their future

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:06:33 -0500

Two local institutions and their partners will serve hundreds, if not thousands, with free eye exams and glasses through a new clinic.

St. Jude researching HIV treatment for people 16 and up

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:28:12 -0500

Researchers at St. Jude are partnering with dozens of medical partners globally to answer a question — how do certain HIV treatments work with 16- and 17-year-olds versus adults?

Growing the pipeline: Inside the plan to rescue rural healthcare in Tennessee

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:00:10 -0500

Rural healthcare remains a challenge for UTHSC and several partners across the state. The system’s strategic plan provides some goals to address them, but it requires a coordinated approach and better outreach, some say.

The UTHSC enrollment and education pipeline: How is the state system doing?

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:23:00 -0500

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center strategic plan for 2023-28 has specific goals tied to enrollment and similar metrics.

The robots are here, and they could be coming to Memphis-area classrooms

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:01:42 -0500

A 2004 White Station High graduate co-founded Magnus Labs — an AI, data and robotics company — in Silicon Valley. Now, he wants to bring his expertise and work with Sparco, a computer- and tech-consulting business in Millington, to bring robotics and a curriculum to Memphis-area schools.

Regional One Health laying off more than 100

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 8 Jul 2026 17:01:50 -0500

The layoffs are affecting Regional One Health Extended Care Hospital, which will be closing later this year.

This Mother Goose tends to her flock of truck drivers

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 7 Jul 2026 21:58:44 -0500

Leading a nearly all-female team at the Dunavant, a supply and logistics company, terminal office in Southeast Memphis, Kristy Hart said she hasn’t thought much about it despite what has historically been a male-dominated industry.

Type O blood donations needed during shortage, major nonprofit says

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 7 Jul 2026 11:39:48 -0500

Vitalant says it needs thousands of blood donations to keep Memphis hospitals stocked, due to the lowest supply in two years.

French logistics giant to buy FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 billion

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sat, 4 Jul 2026 20:47:03 -0500

FedEx Supply Chain will be sold to CMA CGM Group, a French-based shipping and logistics company, pending regulatory approvals.

High Point Terrace celebrates decades of July Fourth history — and 250 years of the US

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sat, 4 Jul 2026 15:30:15 -0500

The U.S. celebrated its semiquincentennial on Saturday. In High Point Terrace, that means having an annual parade, one that has occurred for 77 years.

St. Jude Leadership Academy hires first-ever senior vice president

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:07:29 -0500

Heather Currier Hunt will head the St. Jude academy, where she will help build leadership skills “whether you’re in facilities, or you’re a Nobel laureate, and everything in between.”

More funding needed for MATA, transit advocates say

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:34:43 -0500

The declining Memphis transit system received more than $30 million in funding in the city’s recently approved budget. That’s more than it got last year. But MATA supporters say it’s not enough.