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. 

The freestanding location will feature eight patient rooms; CT scan, X-ray and ultrasound imaging technology; physician offices and a helipad.

St. Jude recruited Dr. Nienhuis from the National Institutes of Health in 1993.

While no other lab has confirmed the case yet, local experts say the cluster of people around the suspected case could quickly move it to community transmission. 

Health Department survey will allow positive case investigation to happen online instead of in phone interviews.

St. Jude will get two of the four crew positions; details will air on an ad in the first quarter of the Super Bowl.

South Africa strain shows power of mutation against protective forces of two approved vaccines being deployed around the world.

Health Department is sending emails to some turned away saying vaccine was available and apologizing for error.

After receiving a text, people would have four hours to get to a vaccination site.

With feet on the ground and money for Uber rides, researchers hope to stop barriers that keep Black people out of treatment.

Demolition has started to clear space for Alliance Healthcare Service’s $9 million-plus development in an economically distressed area of Summer Avenue.

The emergency-use therapy is available for people who test positive and who could become severely ill due to age or underlying conditions.

“We want to remind people that we saw that it was necessary to change the health directive in response to changes we are seeing in the data,” Dr. Bruce Randolph said. “We are making progress. There is a downward trend in a lot of our metrics.”

No businesses are specifically closed under the new directive, but restrictions remain and individuals are asked to play larger role in tamping down community transmission.