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    Health Dept. Director: ‘We wish they would call us back’

    “People don’t understand why they are being asked to name people. They don’t understand the whole role of contact tracing,” said Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, director of Public Health Administration and Policy at the University of Minnesota. 

    By Jane Roberts October 04, 2021
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    A growing St. Jude seeks to build new parking garage

    In its application to the Board of Adjustment, St. Jude says the new garage will improve blighted, unusable property and exposed sections of the Gayoso Bayou. 

    By Rob Moore September 30, 2021
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    New health order offers clarity on boosters, OSHA vaccination standard

    Also stresses adherence to the mask mandate in K-12 schools and where compliance issues can be reported. 

    By Jane Roberts September 27, 2021
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    St. Jude needs healthy, African-American youths for sickle cell studies

    It is looking for young people to be part of control groups in clinical trials looking at the affects of inflammation.

    By Jane Roberts September 24, 2021
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    Germantown to review retention PILOT for new medical office

    Germantown will review a PILOT for new medical offices Monday evening. Aldermen will also review a resolution formalizing their stance on consolidation.

    By Abigail Warren September 23, 2021
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    U.S. gov’t likely to join suit against Methodist Le Bonheur

    The U.S. government Wednesday, Sept. 22, said it considering filing a motion to intervene in the whistleblower case against Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and former signatories, including former CEO Gary Shorb and former CFO Chris McLean.

    By Jane Roberts September 25, 2021
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    Frayser Community Schools student dies from COVID-19

    FCS was informed the student had been out of school since Aug. 16 due to an unrelated issue before being diagnosed with coronavirus, according to FCS spokesperson Erica Williams.

    By Omer Yusuf September 21, 2021
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    Calkins: St. Jude roars into orbit!

    At 7:02:56 Central Time Wednesday, a 29-year-old Memphian named Hayley Arceneaux rocketed Memphis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital into space. 

    By Geoff Calkins September 17, 2021
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    Baptist breaks ground on new emergency department in Arlington

    On Wednesday, September 15, Baptist hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the freestanding ER, the first of its kind in Shelby County. The hospital bought 80 acres at the site in 2003.

    By Michael Waddell September 15, 2021
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    Calkins: 29-year-old is about to rocket Memphis and St. Jude into space

    Hayley Arceneaux — a former St. Jude patient who now works as a physician assistant at the hospital — is poised to become the youngest person to ever orbit the Earth when Inspiration4 rockets into space Wednesday. Arceneaux says that representing St. Jude patients on the mission is “the biggest honor of my life.”

     

    By Geoff Calkins September 15, 2021
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    Hospitals to receive more federal funds for pandemic relief

    Portal for applying will open Sept. 29; no date yet on when funds will arrive.

    By Jane Roberts September 10, 2021
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    Tech startup builds app to cut docs, nurses some slack

    ConveyMD podcasts helps health care professionals fulfill continuing education requirements on the run.

    By Jane Roberts September 07, 2021
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    COVID-19 spreading questions faster than answers; maybe this will help

    In the first of two parts, leading physicians speak to the history of COVID-19, its possible origins, the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and the the role of masking, among other topics. 

    By Don Wade September 07, 2021
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    St. Jude enlarges COVID vaccine trial for children

    Sites across the nation were asked to recruit more 5- to 11-year-olds to get a broader look at vaccine side effects.

    By Jane Roberts September 02, 2021
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    CHOICES offering fellowship for Black midwives

    Women in the U.S. die at higher rates in childbirth than many other developed nations. For women of color, the rate of death is at least four times higher. To chisel away at the gap, in January CHOICES is starting a fellowship to coach two Black midwives a year.

    By Jane Roberts August 31, 2021
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    Breakthrough COVID cases rising, 95% or more mild, doctors say

    In Shelby County, about one in five (23%) or 1,185 of the daily cases reported in the last month have been breakthrough cases. 

    By Jane Roberts August 29, 2021
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    Read St. Jude CEO’s letter urging masks for children in schools

    “Why are we now debating whether children should be protected amid a raging pandemic that has killed more than 600,000 in the U.S. alone?”

    By James R. Downing August 26, 2021
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    Methodist ups pay, gives nurses 20,000 extra reasons to stay

    Nurses have until Sept. 10 to sign up for the two-year program. The first $10,000 installment will be paid Sept. 24.

    By Jane Roberts August 24, 2021
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    Nursing ranks are gutted; those left feel unappreciated, overworked

    Travel nurses filling the gaps make two to three times more an hour than staff RNs; it rankles, nurses say. But there are other reasons, including appreciation, exacerbating the nursing shortage.

    By Jane Roberts August 23, 2021
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    County Commission votes on more Regional One funding

    The Monday, Aug. 23, county commission meeting also includes a resolution calling for a countywide mask mandate and another resolution calling on Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee to rescind his executive order that outlaws mask mandates in schools.

    By Bill Dries August 23, 2021
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    ‘Smart’ pump latest medical device created in Memphis

    “The patent is the backbone of our platform of solutions we are going to launch in the future,” says Esra Roan, co-founder of SOMAVAC Medical Solutions. 

     

    By Jane Roberts August 19, 2021
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    Regional One starts getting ARPA dollars to reopen 21 needed beds

    The CEO of the region’s trauma center and safety net hospital said national competition among hospitals for the skilled specialists needed to put 21 beds back in use at Regional One is intense and costly. 

    By Bill Dries August 18, 2021
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    Boosters expected week of Sept. 20 for the elderly, health care workers

    “I anticipate, honestly, that everyone that got the vaccine is going to want the booster. That is the feedback I have been getting,” says Melanie Keller, CEO of Meritan.

    By Jane Roberts August 18, 2021
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    Nurse practitioners fight supervisory restrictions, say they could treat more patients

    In 24 states, nurse practitioners are allowed to practice independently, without supervision by physicians. During the pandemic, 15 other states loosened restrictions to give them more autonomy.

    By Jane Roberts August 13, 2021
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    Baptist system requiring 19,000 staffers to be vaccinated

    “With the growing threat of COVID-19 variants and our duty to provide a safe environment for vulnerable patients, a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for our employees is the responsible and right thing to do.”

    By Jane Roberts August 12, 2021

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