Vaccine first doses up 90% in Tennessee over past two weeks
Janeita Lentz knocks on doors to hand out vaccine information literature on Saturday, July 17. (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Pediatric hospitalizations reflect COVID, rising number of respiratory infections.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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