Ambulances experience delays as hospitals look to increase staffing
Health Department, city leaders and hospitals accessing staffing, looking for more. Related Story: Health Dept.: Inspectors made multiple visits to All Black Affair
Jane Roberts
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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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Health Care Training for doctors hangs in balance as UT-Methodist relationship sours
Methodist University Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have teamed up to train the next generation of physicians for nearly 20 years. That partnership may be changing.
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Shelby CountyHealth Dept.: Inspectors made multiple visits to All Black Affair
Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said that an enclosed tent is an enclosed space and should be treated as such.
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Real Estate U of M plans less-dense housing on Deloach, apartments at Park campus
Plans are underway to build low-density graduate student housing on Deloach and 500 apartment-style dorms on the Park Avenue Campus.
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Health Care Huge Hickory Hill party draws Health Dept. investigation
Curtis Givens did not respond to phone calls to his business, CGI Entertainment, or to requests to speak on his Facebook account about the party.
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November 2020
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Health CareHospitals suspending elective surgeries
On Monday, Nov. 30, Methodist had a record 219 COVID in-patients, up from 183 on Thanksgiving Day.
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Food Restaurateurs seek data and dialogue from Health Department
The Memphis Restaurant Association wants to know why the Health Department rules continue to change for restaurants, and calls for better communication from health officials.
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Health Care Houses quieter but medical families will be giving thanks
Health officials have been giving safety advice to the public for months. Local health care leaders told us how they plan to celebrate Thanksgiving.
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Health Care Businesses may stay open at 50% capacity; masking, other rules strictly enforced
No businesses will close in new health directive, but restaurants will see a new curfew and diners will face new masking rules.
Related story: The process behind health directives and importance of tripwires
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Health CareOfficials give holiday warnings, health directive explanations
Shelby County Health Department modeling shows more than 500 COVID-19 patients will be hospitalized by Christmas Day.
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Health Care Gym folks take on heavy lift of being declared essential
Grassroots group says good that comes of exercising ought to protect gyms as part of solution in fight against COVID.
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Health Care Veteran, who was a candidate for amputation, now pain-free
Implanted device to stimulate nerves lessens or stops chronic nerve pain even after it has been removed.
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Shelby CountyHealth Dept. promises new directive by Monday
“It is our opinion that things are at a point where we need to take some action,” Dr. Bruce Randolph said. “Now, the action may not be what is outlined in accordance to the tripwires. It may be something less than that. But indeed, we must act now because if we wait too long, then the numbers will be even worse.”
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Health Care Baptist one of the first to join trial of drug to prevent COVID complications
The trial of Quellor, a drug to tame inflammatory response in COVID-19, is for people already sick and with underlying conditions.
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Health Care What Pfizer can learn in Tennessee when it comes to vaccine rollout
Tennessee’s diversity, size and urban-to-rural ratio are thought to be assets for drug-maker hoping to iron out vaccine distribution wrinkles.
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Health CareData tough for Methodist-Saint Francis merger
Tennessee Attorney General’s Office is joining the Federal Trade Commission in challenging the proposed change in hospital ownership.
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Health Care FTC sues to block Methodist purchase of Saint Francis
Federal agency says proposed acquisition would substantially reduce competition and health care costs would rise, according to its complaint.
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Real Estate Tommy Pacello’s legacy lives in corners, city blocks he improved
Founder of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative saw huge potential in the bustling swath of land that is home to six hospitals, two colleges.
Related story: Calkins: Tommy Pacello was given a year to live — and he lived like all of us should
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Health CareHealth Department looks at tripwires as coronavirus cases mount
From 450 contact tracing interviews last week, the Health Department sees transmission is happening when people take masks off in restaurants, in gyms and in small social gatherings.
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Health Care Vacation was ruined, but local man was first in line for new antibody treatment
Drug gives a super supply of antibodies, more than the body can make on its own. “I think it’s well worth the small amount of risk it takes,” says Andy Shepherd.
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Coronavirus Moderna vaccine shows 94.5% effectiveness against COVID
The flu vaccine, given every year, has an efficacy rate of 40%-50%.
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Business U of M, Epicenter building path for science startups
Patents2Products pays salaries for researchers working on tech startups in U of M laboratories.
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City of Memphis COVID-19 unleashes world of change at Memphis Animal Services
With no room for mass-scale adoptions, MAS is trying to keep pets with their owners, often going door-to-door to find them.
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Health Care $51M field hospital ready, but ‘there are not enough nurses’
If the field hospital has to open, the region will be in a mess, Dr. Richard Walker says, and health care workers will be scarce.
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Shelby CountyCoronavirus: West Tenn. leaders urge caution, collaboration
Without a statewide mask mandate, leaders across West Tennessee are working to help people understand there is not a rural and urban virus.
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