Publisher: Daily Memphian


UTHSC investigating former employees after racism claim involving controversial instructor

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has launched an investigation into allegations of racism against five professors who resigned earlier this year over accusations that the school failed to address a colleague accused of verbally abusing students.


Le Bonheur’s next pediatric chief bows out weeks before start date

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Local health officials now have to search for another pediatrician-in-chief for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, after the incoming candidate has decided to stay in Texas.


At JA BizTown, kids get first taste of ‘the world of work’

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Kaliya Burns isn’t sure what she wants to do when she grows up, but she might pursue forensic science.


‘Don’t give up on yourself’: Regional One team defy odds to save officer’s leg

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As Dr. Thao Wolbert and Darrell Prewitt talked in a medical exam room at Regional One Hospital, family members and staff kept a close eye on his left leg. That’s because Prewitt’s leg, after being hit by a car after a high-speed chase in Arkansas, was recently hanging on by a thread — or rather,… Read More


‘I want to hit a ball with a weird-looking stick’

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Victoria Godwin acknowledged with a laugh that she has been called on more than once on an Irish sporting field for reasons having nothing to do with her athletic ability.


UTHSC Advisory Board approves $747M operating budget

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board approved a $747 million operating budget and $334 million capital budget Friday, May 8, sending it to the statewide Board of Trustees for approval.


How $300M in state funding for UTHSC will become ‘a beacon of hope’ for regional healthcare

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently received welcome news — more than $300 million from the state for a new College of Medicine.


$1B for rural health care coming to Tennessee

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Tennessee will have $1 billion to spend across dozens of its rural counties during the next five years as part of funding made available through the Rural Health Transformation Program.