Through criticism, long days and a need for calm in the face of a pandemic, Alisa Haushalter maintains her principles while trying to provide answers for an invisible enemy

In Saturday's COVID-19 Task Force briefing, officials shared information regarding hospital preparedness for a surge, as well as insight into predicting when the surge will come.

According to data released by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland late Friday afternoon, 278 patients are in city hospitals — 85 of them in ICU — awaiting a final diagnosis.

MicroPort Scientific and its Arlington-based orthopedics division have donated 100,000 surgical masks to Memphis Fire Services, and the company plans to donate 100,000 more locally soon.

The best-case scenario assumes statewide testing and improved contact tracing.

Fear for yourself and loved ones, along with financial woes, can tax people with or without a mental health diagnosis, but experts say there are ways to make things better.

A Vanderbilt University COVID-19 model projects the disease will peak in Tennessee by mid-June under the state’s status quo but could start winding down by mid-May if the state gets more aggressive with testing and contact tracing.

COVID-19 Task Force briefing revealed rate of the novel coronavirus spread is slowing, but officials reiterate that citizens shouldn't relax on social distancing.

Tennessee’s request for Medicaid funding to treat COVID-19 patients appears to be on life support as the federal government looks to the CARES Act to distribute billions of crisis dollars to state governments.

Robert Irwin Jewelers is allowing customers to pick up diamonds at the door of its Perkins Extended location. 

One woman in Sea Isle has made sure her neighbors have popsicles and pizza. 

The best-case scenario assumes statewide testing and improved contact tracing.

The director of the city's division of Housing and Community Development said on "Behind The Headlines" that Wi-Fi access for students living in public housing is a challenge that has become more acute with classes suspended in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boundaries between states are archaic, invisible lines that have little connection to how people work, move or spend money. Those lines shouldn't determine a response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Aggregation rules that impact the 500-employee threshold to receive federal relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program have venture capital firms like SSM Partners in Memphis debating tough, complex decisions.

While many restaurants are struggling during the current pandemic, others like Baby Jacks BBQ have been able to adapt their business models to boost sales.

The disproportionate impact of the pandemic on African Americans shines a spotlight on racial disparities that translate into different health outcomes for whites and blacks.

Local churches are urged to social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Local official say they'll be watching.

The recommendation from the Shelby County Health Department to keep precautions in place until the end of May remains despite some modeling showing an earlier date for the peak of the pandemic. 

During these difficult times, one of the most important things we need is information. Timely, accurate and locally-focused information.

Twice this week, county Health Department officials have said they were forbidden from releasing hospitalization figures, including numbers of patients in ICUs and on ventilators, because the statewide Hospital Resource Tracking System is not public data.

Tennessee's labor department is readying a fix for its unemployment claims system to address self-employed and other workers covered by federal stimulus package's unemployment benefit.

The Germantown community has laid aside anything that might divide them to rally around healthcare workers and make sure they are well-fed as they continue to care for those in hospitals and those with coronavirus.

Memphis-based temporary structure company Mahaffey Event & Tent Rentals is helping in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 nationwide.

The Tennessee Department of Health puts the Shelby County coronavirus case number at 1,006.