It was May of last year when Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued guidance for reopening churches. Since then, it’s been a multitude of difficult decisions about how and when to come back to in-person worship service and once again, they’re having to make more decisions as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
New COVID-19 cases continue to soar across the Mid-South as the highly contagious Delta variant threatens to ruin much of the progress communities have made fighting the virus. Doctors are pleading with the unvaccinated to do their part to bring the pandemic under control and to save their own lives. “It’s just so sad to… Read More
As we near the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, another health crisis is being brought back into the spotlight in the Mid-South, opioid-related deaths. “We’re still feeling the impact of that increased caseload,” said Dr. Ben Figura. Figura is the Director of the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, where he and his team perform the… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced Congressman Steve Cohen. UTHSC will receive $635,969 for research on endothelial cells from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute and $500,000 for research on sexual assault examiners from… Read More
Work is underway for the construction of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) new dental facility. “We have to have more space to train our students. So, we’re going to be adding a fairly large building on campus. It’s going to be connected to our current building, the Dunn Dental building,” said Dr.… Read More
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland came together Thursday to thank the volunteers who have been the backbone of the community’s fight against COVID-19.
Thursday marks the first day kids ages 12 through 15 can get vaccinated in Shelby County. That is a huge milestone that adds about 50,000 more eligible people to the pool that could be vaccinated,” said City of Memphis Chief Operating Officer, Doug McGowen. The FDA gave the Pfizer vaccine emergency use authorization Monday, with… Read More
It’s Children’s Mental Health Week. Thursday, health leaders took this opportunity to have a conversation around youth violence and the impacts of it. Memphis police say in 2020, 38 children died and 30 of them were murdered. In 2021, 10 children have died due to violence so far.The most recent is a 16-year-old who was… Read More
