A calming environment provides nurses and other health care workers a quiet place to take a break during emotionally stressful shifts. 

Dr. Peter Buckley joins the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Vaccination rates remain low for pregnant women, especially within Hispanic and African American populations. So medical professionals have launched a campaign to change that.

ALSAC/St. Jude revealed at a community meeting Thursday evening that they are holding their application for its proposed parking garage for an additional 30 days.

The WHO and St. Jude first collaborated in 2018 when St. Jude committed $15 million for the creation of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer. 

Cities in DeSoto County are discussing how to use the settlement funds over the opioid crisis. The money will be spread over about 18 years.

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon is the biggest single-day fundraiser for the hospital.

After a year off because of the pandemic, the marathon returns Saturday, Dec. 4, with some changes to street closures. The changes put a priority on reopening streets in the South Main area first. 

For more than 30 years, Friends For Life has been the largest service provider for people living with HIV in the Mid-South, with a laser focus on prevention. 

The facility at 7101 Goodlett Farms Parkway will become the medical device manufacturer’s second site in Cordova. 

St. Jude presented plans for its proposed garage to the Board of Adjustment Wednesday, but the board postponed the decision until its Dec. 22 meeting.

Residents met at The Office@Uptown to hear the results of a community survey regarding a new parking garage Monday morning, just two days prior to St. Jude’s meeting with the Board of Adjustments to ask for approval on the rezoning and height variances. 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was the first to make vaccination mandatory. It has not released the percentage of staff that complied.

Hospital system was given recordings, other evidence before U.S. filed motion to intervene, filing says.

Chris Cosby, who has more than 20 years of experience in health care administration, replaces Sally Deitch who left suddenly in July.

The UTHSC Health Hub is the first of what they hope will be a series of hubs in neighborhoods where access to medical care is low and chronic disease rates run high.

“People are starting to generate more and more data showing that, well, if you know much earlier, then you can make decisions that actually reduce costs,” Chester Brown said.

Tennessee has been under a governor-issued emergency declaration since pandemic began.

“Celebrating first holidays when your baby is in the hospital is difficult, and we want to provide some normalcy to families by having a little fun with these costumes,” said a Regional One spokesperson.

The session will be broadcast on the hospital’s Facebook (@baptistonline) page and will stay there for viewers who tune in later. It also will be posted on the hospital’s website.

The university must notify all incoming residents and fellows and it may not start new programs until status improves.

The federal government is the primary source of research support for universities; the onus to vaccinate could threaten $750 million UT received in 2021 alone. 

The health care giant wants the government out of a lawsuit which alleges Methodist University Hospital executives created a kickback scheme to lure more than $1.5 billion in business from West Cancer Center.

Only 13% of its Black students graduate in six years, compared to 50% or more for other races.

The treatment is for the homebound; it’s not a concierge service for the able.