Data shows transmission happening in suburbs where athletic events are frequent and masks are fewer. 

The drugs are already approved for other uses in humans.

Tension of the moment, COVID-19 itself and all the ways people are trying to cope create an uptick in headaches.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is accused of awarding more than $400 million to West Clinic and its physicians, a significant portion of in kickbacks, for business that netted the hospital $1.5 billion between 2012-2018.

ROSA, short for robotic surgical assistant, is Zimmer-Biomet’s answer to more precise knee surgery. The robot figures out the math for each patient and builds a plan for the surgery.

The surgery he made it through is the closest thing to an artificial heart implant ever done in Memphis.

Poplar Healthcare joined the battle against the coronavirus late, but now it’s leading the charge to help Memphis reopen and stay open.

Almost every day, 15%-20% of the people in Shelby County who test positive do not respond to calls from the health department for contact tracing.

Trump’s doctor, Navy Cdr. Sean Conley, was also upbeat at an afternoon briefing but said the President will not be fully out of the woods for another week.

At Regional One, midwives deliver 30-40 babies a month and have a 9% cesarean rate, compared to 30% nationally.

After six months of coronavirus, the resulting losses are profound, but the stories these people tell are about going on, a process they find central to living with the unknown. 

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.