Free festivals focus on food, Black businesses this weekend
Cynthia Daniels brings the Memphis Vegan Festival to the Pipkin Building on Saturday and the Juneteenth Shop Black Festival to the same place on Sunday.
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June 2022
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November 2021
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Pipkin vaccination site will remain open through Dec. 15
The Shelby County Health Department also issued a new health directive on Monday, Nov. 29.
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May 2021
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Federal agencies leaving Pipkin vaccine site Wednesday
The site will remain open, but with new hours beginning Thursday.
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April 2021
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No appointment needed 2-7 p.m. at Pipkin
Any person age 16 and over is eligible to receive the vaccine.
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Oh, snap: This week’s best photos
Here are a few of our favorite images from this week. A couple of them involve music, but children’s voices and the crack of a baseball bat are also some of our favorite sounds.
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Pipkin vaccinations will go 12 hours a day, 7 days a week
A federal partnership with FEMA is bringing 21,000 new vaccine doses each week and a football field-sized tent.
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March 2021
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Memphis officials outline streamlining of vaccine distribution
The City of Memphis continued to transition into administering COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, trying to streamline the process for those getting the shots.
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February 2021
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City will now manage Pipkin; other changes being implemented
The city has been running the Appling location with UTHSC, vaccinating about 1,000 people a day without long lines and running out of vaccine.
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Mayor Harris promises changes at Pipkin vaccination site after weekend of confusion
Saturday, many were turned away unable to receive a vaccine. They were told to return Sunday and some arrived to a snowy lot with no staff on site.
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Vaccine volunteers talk about why and what they do
Skills of all kinds are needed, and experts say volunteers will be needed for months and months.
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Vaccination advances with second doses at Pipkin, first doses continue at other locations
Second-dose shots at the Pipkin Center this week will not hinder distribution of the first dose as many still await vaccination, officials said.
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Few people at Pipkin as site closed to those seeking first dose
Traffic at the Pipkin Building for COVID-19 vaccines was at a trickle Tuesday because the site was only available for the few ready for a second dose.
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Coliseum has size but clean-up makes it unlikely as vaccination site
While theme parks, baseball parks and football stadiums are being used to distribute vaccines nationwide, city and county officials say the Mid-South Coliseum is not a candidate for a mass vaccination site.
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Kinks remain at Pipkin but road getting smoother
Issues still vexing at Pipkin, but the road to vaccine has been so long, few giving up.
Related story: Third day goes smoothly at Appling vaccination site
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January 2021
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Opinion: The frustration of appointments, long waits and lack of vaccines
As people wait hours for their vaccine appointment time, they end up leaving without a shot in the arm and a head full of frustration.
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Early shot-takers praise compassion, can-do efficiency at Pipkin
The Health Department is making notes for rolling out mass COVID-19 vaccinations in other neighborhoods.
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Pipkin Building set up to vaccinate 80-100 per hour
Through January, the Shelby County Health Department will be vaccinating in a drive-thru line at the Pipkin Building.
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Pipkin Building will be vaccination site through early summer
COVID-19 is now the third-leading cause of death in Shelby County and has killed five times more people than the 173 who succumbed to complications from influenza in 2019.
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