With ample vaccine, the push is on to get people in line to stem the tide of the rapidly growing U.K. strain, which now accounts for 30%-50% of COVID cases in Shelby County.

The application process will open in early April; FEMA has not yet set the date.

Consortium has $2.4 million to award for studies that draw links, create solutions.

Cases of COVID-19 fell steadily in January and February. The plateau now is very likely due to the U.K. variant pulling the numbers up again, Dr. Manoj Jain says.

Severe COVID disease in infants is rare, but antibodies may protect them from transmitting to others.

The pilot is designed to get logistics down in a house-to-house vaccination effort, the most expensive way by far to deliver vaccination doses.

State officials will reveal details of the new plan Monday, and the city waits to hear the state plan. 

The California-based medical device company plans to hire 95 employees and spend $3.5 million to open a distribution and repair operation in the city’s southeast industrial submarket.

Hospital researchers leading studies in two of four projects.

Face mask directive is effective today; health directive changes begin Saturday.

A year into the pandemic, the economy and social unrest have taken a toll and more people have reached out to mental health professionals for help.

The state has given Dr. David Weber 200 doses so far for patients too fragile to leave home.

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.