St. Jude and WHO to expand access globally to lifesaving cancer treatments
The WHO and St. Jude first collaborated in 2018 when St. Jude committed $15 million for the creation of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.
Topic: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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December 2021
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In-person St. Jude Marathon to return this weekend
The St. Jude Memphis Marathon is the biggest single-day fundraiser for the hospital.
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November 2021
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Oh, snap: This week’s best photos
If you’re a fan of new fire stations, old houses, food or sports, we’ve got the photos. Cast a vote for your favorite.
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Oh, snap: This week’s best photos
Tigers T-shirts, Kroger in Collierville reopens, and more. Take a look at some of the best images from this week, and vote for your favorite one.
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October 2021
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Morris, Evans being inducted in state Health Care Hall of Fame
Ceremony will be held at Belmont University in Nashville.
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September 2021
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A growing St. Jude seeks to build new parking garage
In its application to the Board of Adjustment, St. Jude says the new garage will improve blighted, unusable property and exposed sections of the Gayoso Bayou.
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SpaceX, St. Jude’s Hayley Arceneaux ready to launch
SpaceX plans to blast into orbit Wednesday night with a billionaire, two contest winners and a St. Jude worker who survived childhood cancer. It’s the first chartered passenger flight for Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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August 2021
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FedEx dedicates plane to St. Jude patient
The program, in its ninth year, names a plane after a patient who is also a child of a FedEx employee. This year’s honoree is 17-year-old Kenzie.
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Prospero Health lands executive from ALSAC/St. Jude
Robert Machen has been named chief information officer for Prospero Health, which runs its operational headquarters in Memphis.
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July 2021
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New CDC guidance urges masks, other precautions for schools
When distancing is not possible, schools are asked to layer other protections to cover the students 12 and under are not vaccinated.
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Opinion: Journey across the country this summer with St. Jude
In telling stories of St. Jude, we’re telling stories of Memphis, our home, the place Danny Thomas chose to realize his dream.
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May 2021
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Opinion: We live in the Great State of Mediocrity
Tennessee ranked 29th in U.S. News & World Report’s Best States ranking for 2021. ‘Here’s the scientific explanation, and I’ll try to be brief: Our state legislature is mean-spirited, small-minded, short-sighted. And cheap.’
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St. Jude unlocks gold mine of virus data
As St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital tested every front-line worker, every week, it put together a testing regime big enough to test and analyze hundreds of employee samples a day — providing a gold mine for immunology research.
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April 2021
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St. Jude plans $11.5B investment, 1,400 new jobs
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is launching its largest strategic investment in its nearly six decades in Memphis.
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ALSAC buys half-acre from Uptown’s St. Stephen church
ALSAC is further expanding St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s campus at the seam of Uptown and the Pinch District.
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Memphis 901 FC to face CBU in preseason fundraiser
The USL club also will face two teams in exhibition games.
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Tickets go on sale for WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
Organizers hope fans will be back after none were allowed at TPC-Southwind last year because of the pandemic.
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March 2021
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St. Jude receives $10 million to fight hard-to-treat cancers
Hospital researchers leading studies in two of four projects.
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February 2021
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WHO takes cue from St. Jude in strategies to improve pediatric cancer cure rates
Since 2018, St. Jude and WHO have partnered to address common issues in low cancer survivor rates, including late or incorrect diagnoses.
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St. Jude joining first civilian space mission, coordinated by Musk’s SpaceX
St. Jude will get two of the four crew positions; details will air on an ad in the first quarter of the Super Bowl.
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January 2021
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Veazey leaving city government for ALSAC post
Kyle Veazey, the deputy chief operating officer for the city of Memphis, is moving to ALSAC, the fund-raising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, as senior vice president for executive operations.
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Ardent Studios hosting live virtual concert
In.Live will stream the “Coming Together,” organized by former Big Star drummer Jody Stephens of Ardent. Performers will also include Keith Sykes and musicians from bands such as Cheap Trick, The Posies and Wilco.
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Campbell Clinic will be official medical provider for Ironman triathlon
Campbell Clinic inks three-year deal to sponsor St. Jude Ironman 70.3 Memphis triathlon.
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November 2020
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A star in the global art world recalls Memphis childhood in a painting
A painting donated by Memphis-born artist Derek Fordjour drew a $410,000 bid to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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October 2020
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St. Jude earns Magnet distinction for nursing staff
St. Jude was the first hospital in West Tennessee to receive the distinction.
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