The federal government says visits may be allowed indoors at long-term care facilities, even for unvaccinated, but local visitation policies are wildly different.

Several MedPost locations are now called Urgent Care of Saint Francis. One is located in Olive Branch and the others are in Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, East Memphis and Germantown according to a release by Saint Francis Healthcare.

Hall will serve up to 90 days and will also help conduct the search for new permanent director.

When state investigation is over, state Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey says she will report to the citizens of Shelby County. 

The course to become a certified nurse-midwife is three years for full-time students; part-time students can finish in four years.

The new CDC guidance does not include children.

For Dedicated Senior Medical Group, it’s better for them when patients stay healthy.

With the approval of a new COVID-19 vaccine, FedEx is preparing to increase the number of doses it delivers on behalf of the federal government each week.

Vaccine trackers reflect the daily raw data that feed them, but experts say specific comparisons are hard to make because there is so much inconsistency in data collection, among other factors. 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services visitation guidance provides reasonable ways to safely facilitate in-person visits.

Due to the water-boil advisory, reduced water pressure, heating issues and various burst pipes, the University of Tennessee Health Science campus closed on Monday, Feb. 22, but the COVID testing site is open.

Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old physician assistant at the hospital and former St. Jude patient, will be one of four crew members on the Inspiration4 mission later this year. 

Some using bottled water to wash fruit, vegetables in cafeterias and cutting back on surgeries. 

Band of Jeeps are on the road nearly 24-7, donating time, gas to keep Mid-South health care workers moving in the cold. 

Blunting the transmission curve for 10 solid days could have an extraordinary benefit, says Dr. Stephen Threlkeld. 

State Health Department says next week’s supply of vaccine may be delayed due to the winter storms.

All the appointments will be rescheduled, Health Department says.

Since 2018, St. Jude and WHO have partnered to address common issues in low cancer survivor rates, including late or incorrect diagnoses. 

New EEOC proposal says incentives have to be minor, not “100 bucks,” said Burch, Porter & Johnson lawyer Lisa Krupicka.

Grant over two years allows Alliance to add staff, serve more people.

Friends and colleagues talk about the irrepressible good sport and hard worker who had just begun his life of service. 

Dr. J. Barton Williams did not know he had COVID; antibody was present in his blood, doctors say.

UTHSC confirms it has identified two variant strains of the virus in Shelby County.

Using surrogate viruses developed by UTHSC professor, labs working on COVID vaccines and boosters can check their efficacy without using the dangerous SARS-CoV-2 virus.