The mayor extended the Memphis' state of emergency through April 21 and said the city is preparing for a second emergency field hospital, also arranging for housing and testing of the homeless population .

The Memphis Police Department said it has handled 118 calls about large crowds gathering, including 41 calls Sunday.

Some FedEx pilots have been pulled out of China and returned to the United States after tests for coronavirus proved inconclusive.

The $349 billion can be free money for Memphis small businesses hurt by COVID-19, but it's first-come, first-serve for the nationwide Paycheck Protection Program. 

Memphis nurse practitioner Charlene Bonner, working at New York City's Bellevue Hospital amid the COVID-19 pandemic, endures long days and sleeps short nights amid a "war zone." 

The computer model Tennessee and Shelby County are using to predict the surge in COVID-19 cases dramatically changed Monday, April 6, and for the better.

The number of coronavirus cases in Shelby County currently stands at 789, according to the Shelby County Health Department. 

Dr. Jon McCullers loves sports as much as you do. But he has some bad news. 

There are now 3,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee, up from 3,321 Saturday. There have been 44 deaths in the state, up from 43 Saturday.

Following restrictions set in place by Mayor Jim Strickland, public park-goers appear to be adhering to social distancing standards.

Memphis has always been a religious city. We will rise to the occasion, because we are a city driven by the engine of faith. 

Social distancing is creating big challenges for local organizations that provide services and meals to the needy in Memphis.

In the Saturday afternoon address, a Shelby County Health Department official provided context for the importance of Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's "Safer in Place" executive order as well as updates and responses to local cases and national health recommendations.

The Memphis coaching staff is leaning on technology to build relationships during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Donald Thomason, dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences, said the college has received 2,000 masks from Hebei University and Hebei Medical University. Thousands more are en route from elsewhere in China.

The bootleg T-shirts that inspire Rebecca Fava’s face masks were symbols of a city coming together. Her masks, and other homemade endeavors like them, are perhaps fitting symbols of the city in pandemic times — coming together by staying apart.

The warning is equally stern for essential businesses, who must sanitize and enforce social distancing, even if it means changing business practices.

Memphis resident Nick Kenney is getting in more miles than ever during a “shelter at home” order with few people or cars on the streets. Jogging and many other outdoor activities are allowed, as long as people keep their distance.

As the coronavirus threat heads toward an expected surge later this month that could overwhelm the county’s healthcare system, experts fear the potentially life-threatening outbreak at Carriage Court could be a bellwether for the county’s 58 licensed nursing homes and assisted care facilities, several situated in some of Memphis’ poorest communities.

Memphis Oral School for the Deaf and Madonna Learning Center are confronting unique online learning challenges.

The funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that became law.

Isabella, a 4-year-old patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, sailed into hospital history with her decidedly-of-the-times No More Chemo party.

Nearly 4,500 people logged on to QuarantineCon, an online professional development conference co-founded by Memphis native Scooter Taylor. 

If you have been tested for COVID-19, isolate as if you are positive.

The faithful are attending Sunday school, Bible study and choir practice on YouTube and Twitter, and turning Facebook into a fellowship hall.