Is the COVID-19 pandemic responsible for a so-called baby boom? At least one large Shelby County OBGYN practice has seen a significant uptick in prenatal visits since the lockdown began in March. 

The treatment is expected to shorten the illness in those who are sick and build immunity in those who are not. 

Four vaccine trials are in Phase 3, the final stage; none include children or other special populations.

As early as Wednesday, some limited-service restaurants will reopen, but all restaurants still must close at 10 p.m.

The new technology gives doctors options for sick patients who are not candidates for open-heart surgery.

Dental practice, among the first tenants in Crosstown Concourse, has renamed to avoid geographic confusion. Two dentists will swap weeks at both locations.

Health officials were evasive about why they had made the guidance change in August.

The cases involve piglets and mice that were not euthanized when federal regulations said it was necessary. In one case, a researcher lied about the procedures. That research was suspended but has been reinstated.

For each home sale that closes nationally in the next year, a gift will come to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

FedEx’s latest package tracking innovation, SenseAware ID, will be available to some premium shippers in health care, aerospace and retail in November.

New, 140-apartment housing building will be called The Domino’s Village. Opening of the on-campus facility is planned for spring of 2023.

Statistically, the stress of the pandemic has hammered the health care workforce, and the signs are everywhere.

Nearly one-fourth of all adults will develop bunions. The new procedure requires four tiny incisions on the side of foot, which reduces the swelling and pain experienced with the older procedure.

Study shows that when pneumococcus bacterium interacts with influenza A, the virus spreads easily through the air. 

Local doctors say science has to prevail in race for safe, effective vaccine.

Owner of Revive Ketamine Clinic in Arlington says the approach helps patients deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and some chronic pain syndromes.

Two entrepreneurs from Smith & Nephew have built software that allows surgeons to remotely monitor patients. As the service, MiCare Path, gets on its feet, the creators will stick with what they know best: spines and knees.

In a repurposed lab at 930 Madison, UTHSC analyzes about a third of the city's COVID-19 tests, reporting responses in 24 hours.

The Chris Hope Foundation was founded in 2015 to help ease the financial and emotional burdens that families face when their child is fighting a life-threatening illness.

Other clinics will be in Whitehaven, Germantown and Cordova; three will open in early November.

Memphis physicians say the process will have to move at warp speed to be ready by November, which may eliminate time to observe longer-term side effects and for a broader sample of the public to participate in clinical trials. 

Plus, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on Tuesday announced $5,000 in funding for Senior Tech Connect, a new county program that will connect long-term care facilities with technology so residents can see their families.

Assistant professor Shana Stoddard is helping students design antiviral compounds for COVID-19, raising the bar for what remote learning can be.

The U.S. government purchased 150 million rapid-result antigen tests; up to a million are set aside for Tennessee.