The seven-day average for new COVID cases is now 478, up from 294 a week ago, as Delta rips through the community. Health officials sounded a persistent, sustained alarm Thursday, Aug. 5, that those who are eligible for vaccination need to do their part to blunt the rise, happening now as schools are preparing to… Read More
Serious cases of COVID-19 have doubled at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in 10 days, a worrisome barometer as pediatric cases tick up across the region.“It’s both increased and sustained,” said Dr. Nick Hysmith, medical director of infection prevention at Le Bonheur and associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
At the rate COVID-19 is growing in Shelby County, current ICU capacity will be depleted by mid-August. Sunday, Aug. 1, hospitals across the region were holding patients in emergency rooms because all beds were full. At Methodist University, nearly 25% of patients in the emergency room were COVID-positive, a level the doctors on duty suspect… Read More
Buildings designed by two of Memphis’ most revered, modern architects — A. L. Aydelott and Roy Harrover — are to be razed soon after standing for more than a half-century.The Memphis Fire Department will vacate its 54-year-old building that houses department headquarters and Fire Station No. 5 at 65 Front St. at Union Avenue. The… Read More
As new mask mandates rolled in nationwide Wednesday following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that vaccinated people in high-transmission areas should still mask indoors, the Shelby County Health Department will not comment on what residents should do. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Wednesday, July 28, the county is still reviewing the… Read More
Poplar Healthcare, which has led in laboratory innovation in Memphis during the pandemic, has been sold to a Boston-based software firm that uses artificial intelligence in clinical trials and other biopharma research. With Poplar Healthcare, it will now expand the use of AI in thousands of lab specimens processed in the Memphis lab for routine… Read More
Angry about unilateral changes to their working agreement, more than 100 physicians at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital crowded into a meeting Wednesday, hoping to speak candidly to Methodist and UT leadership. People who attended say there was no acknowledgement that the changes made to the University Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists group could have wide-ranging effects… Read More
Shelby County will not follow the state Health Department’s mandate to no longer promote childhood vaccination, including for COVID-19, officials said Wednesday. “Our mission is to promote, protect and improve the health of ALL in Shelby County,” Shelby County Health Department acting director LaSonya Hall said in a prepared statement.
