Part of the variable is the strain COVID-19 has placed on the funeral industry.

The next Shelby County Health Directive, expected soon, will include recommendations that hospitals test employees regularly.

Statutory liability under the False Claims Act triples the $800 million in damages to $2.4 billion.

“If you are a licensed medical provider in any domain, we need you,” said Doug McGowen, City of Memphis chief operating officer. “There are paid and unpaid positions. We also need non-medical volunteers.”

Shelby County has about one primary care physician for every 1,200 people, according to Clint Cummins, executive director of the Memphis Medical Society.

Three more businesses have been cited for a variety of COVID-safety violations.

How fast the vaccine is available to the general public will depend on how many people in the priority categories decide to get it.

Staffing shortages account for bottlenecks in emergency rooms, and the inability to staff hundreds of vacant hospital rooms.

COVID-19 immunizations will rollout this month under a revised state plan that defines the priority orders for Tennessee residents. 

While selectively adding some elective surgeries, Methodist anticipates it will pause elective procedures again in anticipation for increased COVID-19 cases stemming from the Thanksgiving holiday.

People who potentially have been exposed but have no symptoms can return to normal life after 7 days, provided they have a negative test.

The council voted unanimously Tuesday to urge a statewide mask mandate, and several council members said their earlier vote against the city’s mask ordinance was wrong.

Health Department, city leaders and hospitals accessing staffing, looking for more.

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Curtis Givens did not respond to phone calls to his business, CGI Entertainment, or to requests to speak on his Facebook account about the party.

On Monday, Nov. 30, Methodist had a record 219 COVID in-patients, up from 183 on Thanksgiving Day. 

Methodist University Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have teamed up to train the next generation of physicians for nearly 20 years. That partnership may be changing.

Health officials have been giving safety advice to the public for months. Local health care leaders told us how they plan to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Faculty raises, promotions and tenure are tied to productivity. For parents of young children early in the pandemic, it was off.

Room in the Inn uses the buildings and volunteers of 55 faith organizations to provide emergency shelter to the homeless. Now the organization is about to add a headquarters building and three more emergency-shelter programs.

Shelby County Health Department modeling shows more than 500 COVID-19 patients will be hospitalized by Christmas Day.

Grassroots group says good that comes of exercising ought to protect gyms as part of solution in fight against COVID.

Results over two-dose regimen not as high as Moderna and Pfizer, but AstraZeneca’s vaccine is cheaper and does not require extreme cold storage.

The site is the former home of the historic Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital near the Medical District.

Implanted device to stimulate nerves lessens or stops chronic nerve pain even after it has been removed. 

No businesses will close in new health directive, but restaurants will see a new curfew and diners will face new masking rules.

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