Outreach includes immediate efforts to boost human papillomavirus vaccination rates here and across the Southeast. Tennessee ranks 37th in the nation. 

The $5.9 million investment from NIH builds on $10.8 million the University of Memphis and its partner universities received in 2014 to make better use of medical data collected by sensor devices.

Argument continues on the value of live vaccines to stimulate the immune system in the fight against COVID-19; there is no randomized study yet to prove it.

Local entrepreneurs saw market opportunities in the medical industry for their products and services, and will be looking for additional seed capital to move forward. 

Ten to 15 years ago, the notion that bacteria could be in the blood was heresy. Now, it may be the reason dialysis patients often die of heart attacks while they await kidney transplant.

UTHSC physician-scientist was part of the original leadership team of The Cancer Genome Atlas. He led the sequencing of RNA, which controls abnormal genetic expression in cancer cells. 

Church Health has added paid physicians to cover the load of the recently unemployed, plus spending thousands of dollars a month on PPE. 

The pandemic is now layered onto the everyday statistics of depression and suicide, which counselor Grace McLaren called a dangerous brew.

Advocacy group Stop Animal Experimentation Now asked the agriculture department to investigate a 2019 UTHSC research experiment with baby pigs. The university said the issue was dealt with appropriately.

Within an hour after the launch of a Saturday block party in Frayser, the Street Team for Overdose Prevention had signed up someone in need of rehab, leading one participant to call the event a success. 

With hospitals 90% full in and right at the red range of capacity, leaders are working their plans for the COVID-19 surge.

Ruling seen as a big election-year victory for President Donald Trump, who counts on heavy support from evangelicals and other Christian groups for votes and policy backing.

Pool testing has been used for other diseases for decades; Memphis among first cities to apply for FDA emergency-use approval.

In Shelby County, more than 28% of the people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are Latino. The percentage of positive tests is rising.

Direct from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Madan Babu will direct the Center of Excellence for Data-Driven Discovery at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 

Shelby County ranks No. 4 on the 14 highest-risk counties for Tennessee, behind Macon, Davidson and Sevier counties.

Campaign will provide resources to help people identify the signs of someone considering suicide and materials to build awareness.

A researcher at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital says pH way of rooting out influenza viruses that could cause pandemics.

Stryker has extended for a third time its tender offer to buy Memphis-grown medical device maker Wright Medical. The new deadline is Aug. 31.

The pandemic has revealed both the size of the disparities here and the outcomes. African Americans account for 56% of the total number of COVID-19 cases in Shelby County but 61% of the deaths.

For people who have no sick days, unemployment, the cost of testing and the quarantine that may follow are costs they avoid.

Thomas Bryant, a heart transplant survivor, was admitted to the hospital weeks after he had surgery for colon cancer. His COVID treatment and recovery will be part of body of research being gathered around the world that will help scientists know how to treat people with underlying conditions. 

As part of the package, Baptist will provide a virtual clinic to help people on campus who test positive know what care they need and when it is safe to return to the public sphere.

Emilia Pinto believes that when the second genetic mutation aligns with a gene introduced by Brazilian colonizers, the incidence for cancer increases.

The waiting list for detox treatment at Alliance Healthcare doubled this week; 75 people are waiting for 4.3 beds.