Publisher: Daily Memphian


Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University

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Until a month ago, when Dr. Daniel Wakefield tested positive for COVID-19, he and his wife, a nurse, were watching the disease unfold in the city from the front line. Tuesday, he became part of a second front line by donating his plasma at Methodist University Hospital.  


Phase 2 of local pandemic: moving from stabilization to containment

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Call it phase two of the COVID-19 pandemic in Memphis – a tentative stabilization and focus on containment.  


The Early Word: Safer at home is staying put, and UTHSC grabs its cape

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Hey, Early Word-ers; it’s Thursday, April 23. The NFL 2020 draft begins tonight, and at least one former Memphis player won’t be watching — because he’s too nervous about when he could get picked. Another is ready to show off his speed, no matter where he goes. And local storytelling organization Spillit will host a… Read More


COVID-19 field hospital conversion underway on Union Avenue

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On May 16, when the former site of The Commercial Appeal opens as an alternate-care facility for COVID-19 patients, those who require intensive care will be housed on the third floor, in what used to be the sunlit newsroom.  


Doctors helping to create plan to reopen Memphis

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Four physicians have been meeting on Zoom every day this week to come up with a plan to reopen the state’s largest cities in the midst of a pandemic.


Stay-at-home orders may lift, but the threat persists

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The state of Tennessee will soon lift the stay-at-home orders put in place in response to COVID-19. This action leaves Tennesseans with important choices to make for themselves and their communities.  


UTHSC takes huge strides in battle to ramp up testing

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Not every university lab has a robot capable of turning out 1,500 molecular samples a day next to a pathologist who’s also an expert in lab regulation. On March 13, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center did.


Coronavirus live blog, April 21: Lee reiterates cooperation with urban mayors

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he spoke Tuesday with mayors from Shelby County and the state’s other large urban areas.