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Topic: COVID
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September 2023
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June 2023
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Scott Morris: Many churches are struggling post-COVID
On a recent trip to Europe, I found few people engaged in regular religious life. Beautiful cathedrals were mostly for tourists and not worshipers. I don’t feel in America we are headed down the same path.
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April 2023
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Hutchinson: FTC challenges more bogus COVID claims
“When there’s a medical breakthrough, you’re not going to hear about it first through an ad or sales pitch.”
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August 2022
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COVID survivor returns to Regional One with hugs, thanks for saving his life
Nesbit, Mississippi resident John Butler, who did not have a gym membership before, now goes every day, part of what may be his lifelong work to rebuild the 85% muscle mass he lost in his arms and chest.
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February 2022
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Letter to the Editor: Sanford column ignorant and divisive
“Saying that white people are responsible for COVID lingering is untrue and once again an aim to racially divide,” letter writer Jane Maners says of Otis Sanford’s column.
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New COVID case count lowest since late December
The Shelby County Health Department reported 474 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, Feb. 1.
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January 2022
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Reported new COVID cases drop below 900
The Health Department reported 852 new cases in a month that has seen reported daily increases of more than 3,000.
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AEL opens new COVID testing site
No appointment is needed.
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Health Dept. working with state for more rapid COVID-19 tests
Shelby County Health Department director Dr. Michelle Taylor said that there have been a few reports in Shelby County of fake testing sites.
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Officials: Essential services continue to be ‘stretched’ by COVID
High COVID-19 case numbers are not only affecting staffing at testing sites but at area police agencies, fire departments and hospitals, Memphis and Shelby County officials said Thursday, Jan. 6.
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Some COVID-19 testing sites closed due to wintry weather
Some local COVID-19 testing sites will be closed today because of wintry weather. Others will have reduced hours.
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Latest COVID case numbers remain high
The Shelby County Health Department reported 2,661 new cases for Thursday, Jan. 6.
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Health Dept. reports 5 deaths, fewer than 2,000 new COVID cases
Active COVID-19 cases top 22,000.
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What does the rise and fall of recent COVID data mean?
Dr. Michelle Taylor says Monday’s lower count in new reported COVID cases, “does not represent an actual decrease in viral transmission.”
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Newest COVID count in line with recent highs
COVID-19 data released Tuesday, Jan. 4, reveals more than 2,600 new cases.
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UTHSC to open drive-thru COVID-19 testing site
UTHSC students and the general public can receive testing without scheduling an appointment from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Number of new COVID cases reported drops to below 600
The 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases per day is 1,909.
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Latest COVID data reveals another case record for Shelby County
The Shelby County Health Department reported a new record of 3,394 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, Jan. 2. The health department reports there are a total of 18,970 active cases and 3,657 active pediatric cases.
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December 2021
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Shelby County hits third COVID case record this week
New COVID cases for Shelby County came in above 3,000.
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Here’s where to get a COVID-19 test this weekend
Staffers at local testing sites have been impacted by COVID infections, much like other local workplaces, causing a strain to the system.
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Shelby County hits new COVID case record after holiday
The Shelby County Health Department reported 1,540 new cases on Monday, Dec. 27.
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New COVID-19 testing site open near Memphis airport
A new drive-thru COVID-19 testing site just opened near the Memphis airport.
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Shelby County averaging more than 1,000 new COVID cases per day
The Shelby County Health Department reported 962 new cases as of Wednesday, Dec. 29
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Bowl canceled after COVID forces Hawai’i to pull out vs. Memphis
COVID issues within the Rainbow Warriors’ program forced their withdrawal from the Dec. 24 EasyPoint Hawai’i Bowl.
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Doctors urge Legislature to keep COVID disinformation policy
“Licensure of liars should not be allowed,” one Nashville physician told the state legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee.
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