The Shelby County Health Department says more than 24,000 COVID-19 shots have been given in Shelby County so far.

Director Alisa Haushalter says the early days of the rollout are going to be bumpy and people will have to make their vaccination plans based on where and to whom the shots are being given that day.

Drive-thru sites were busy all weekend; the Health Department will announce later this week when and where drive-thru sites will reopen. 

The Tennessee Health Department adds elderly to vaccine priority list in 10-year swaths, starting with those 75 and older. 

Two drive-thru stations have a combined capacity to vaccinate 3,000 people a week.

Last month, the FTC said it would fight the merger, claiming it would significantly reduce competition for treatments that require at least one night in a hospital.

For perspective, the death toll for first nine months of the pandemic is 821 as of Tuesday, Dec. 22.

Roland Cruickshank leaves after fewer than three years at the helm.

Move completes the second phase of a program MLH started in 2019 to increase minimum pay across the system.

The numbers will be updated twice a week.

New health directive released Monday afternoon puts more restrictions on businesses. 

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A temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefit and a $600 direct stimulus payment to most Americans is part of the pact. 

The first truckload of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine destined for U.S. administration sites rolled into the FedEx Express world hub in Memphis about 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20.

Staffer snaps, edits the thrill on her iPhone to snappy “My Shot” from Hamilton. 

Leaders implore citizens, particularly those of color, to gather virtually for the holiday.

Under this public servant with old-school values, gross revenue at the firm increased more than six fold in 10 years.

Methodist-Germantown Hospital president says, “This is the moment we stop this. It is one of those moments I will never forget.”

Coming restrictions have to include ways to limit transmission over the coming holidays, health officials say.

At Baptist Hospital-DeSoto, about half of the more than 1,800 employees have signed up to receive the vaccine.

Health Department expects it could be vaccinating EMS workers and nursing home residents and staff by Dec. 28.

Dr. Robert Redfield was part of a hour-long Zoom yesterday with Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine. 

FedEx reported at mid-day Monday, Dec. 14, it had delivered COVID-19 vaccines to more than 100 destinations without incident and ahead of schedule.

Baptist Memorial Health Care’s flagship Baptist-Memphis hospital on Walnut Grove Road will get the vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 17.

The goal is to produce more physicians of color from Memphis and leverage partnerships to enhance research and improve the health of area residents.

Nurses in hospitals are the most vulnerable, according to contact tracing interviews conducted in the last 30 days.