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Fist bumps. Rigorous hand washing. Stocking up on sanitizing products. Precautions in Shelby County began long before coronavirus hit. However, schools remain open following the announcement Sunday of the first confirmed case in Shelby County.
Tennessee now has three confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.
Dr. Motomi Mori says St. Jude is likely ground zero for linking electronic clinic records, genomic and survivor data.
Gov. Bill Lee has confirmed the state’s first case of coronavirus, a Williamson County man who traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, as the state steps up its efforts to combat the virus. RELATED
From canceled school trips and congregation precautions to ships that didn't sail, the Mid-South deals with a virus far off only in actual contagion.
It also has established weekly sessions to update media on new findings.
Science Scholars of Tomorrow Symposium is all about making science jump to life for students the hospital would like to see on the staff someday.
Good Shepherd Pharmacy launches product that brings lower-cost drugs to people with chronic conditions in the U.S. workforce.
Site is designed to be go-to place for the region on the virus.
Excavation will begin this spring on land along Dunlap and the expansion project is expected to take two years to complete.
Contest is part of campaign to help schoolchildren understand importance of drinking water for health, teeth.
Shelby County Health Department chief cites quick containment of measles outbreak several years ago as an example of how local health care partners work together for the public's welfare.
Early tests show prosthetic blood vessel resists rejection and allows the body to rejuvenate itself.
Clinics will be located in Downtown, Germantown, Lakeland and Whitehaven.
At Church Health, which serves the working poor, dentists see patients with tooth decay and issues that have often been progressing for years. They may be in pain, or too embarrassed to apply for promotions, or haven’t smiled in years.
Trustees approve large cuts to other graduate programs in strategy to increase enrollment.
Classes begin in the fall; program also designed to accommodate transfer students.
Memphis plant was the largest of four; sanitary conditions riddled it for more than a decade.
The wider staple is an innovation for fractures or arthritis injuries in the mid- to hind foot, where the bones are larger.
COVID-19 is both highly infectious and mildly to moderately lethal, similar to the 1918 influenza pandemic that infected nearly a quarter of the world population.
Nurse practitioners and other advanced-practice nurses say mandatory supervision is a way for doctors to keep control. They have taken the battle to work without physician oversight, including prescribing drugs, to the Tennessee Legislature for the fourth time since 2014.
Dr. Shawn Hamm: "We are in the middle of an epidemic. It’s a huge public problem, and we have 75 fellowships. We need to train more physicians, and we need to do it the right way."
Eleven others who have returned from countries affected by the virus are still in quarantine.
National chain's services include transportation to medical appointments and “we can meet them at the hospital. If our patients have an ER episode, we will be there."
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