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UTHSC predicts area hospitalizations may reach new heights by next week

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center released a troubling graph that predicts area hospitalizations may reach new heights by next week and there’s nothing we can do about it. This concern is because of the rise in COVID cases, but even if you have been vaccinated or simply don’t contract COVID, this may affect… Read More


COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU beds on the rise in Mid-South

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Across the Mid-South, the new strain has proven to be deadly in some places and now it’s even putting children in the ICU.“I just want them vaccinated so they stay alive that’s the simple thing for me, I just want people vaccinated so they stay alive,” said Dean Scott Strome, UTHSC College of Medicine Executive… Read More


COVID-19 vaccine events available in Memphis

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COVID-19 vaccines are still widely available across Memphis.Cordelia’s Market in Harbor Town is offering COVID-19 vaccines Saturday, July 10.


New health directive loosens restrictions, including mask-wearing

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You won’t have to wear a mask in most places in Memphis and Shelby County starting Saturday. Residents will not be required to wear masks out in public, but private businesses, including stores and restaurants, can still require customers and employees to wear them.


UTHSC professor among nine arrested in Memphis drug bust, placed on administrative leave, school says

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FOX13 has been continuing to learn new information after nine people were arrested in a Parkway Village drug bust. FOX13 learned that a University of Tennessee Health Science Center chairman was arrested during that raid. April 30: WREG May 1: Fox 13 News–9PM May 1: Boxden May 1: WREG News Channel 3 Saturday at 10:00… Read More


Local health experts disagree with lifting many COVID-19 restrictions

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While data show only about a third of people in Shelby County have been vaccinated, Gov. Bill Lee declared the health crisis is over. He wanted the county to lift its mask mandate and other restrictions by the end of May. It’s something local health experts strongly disagreed with. April 28: Fox 13 News–5PM April… Read More


‘Enough is enough’: Families affected by gun violence call for solutions as crime rate increases

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A new Memphis Shelby Crime Commission report shows a 30 percent increase in violent crimes involving guns already this year compared to the first quarter of last year before the pandemic. Pastor Charlie Caswell and his team at the Legacy of Legends CDC are working to address crime in a collective way by starting at… Read More


Local doctors worry about vaccine hesitancy across the Mid-South

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Two Mid-South doctors worry about COVID vaccine hesitancy and if we, as a nation, can ever reach herd immunity. Both doctors said the ability to reach herd immunity is in our hands, all we have to do is get vaccinated. • April 21: Fox 13 News–9PM