Shelby County Commission wrestles financial issues with end of fiscal year looming
The new county budget and property-tax rate for the fiscal year that begins July 1 wasn’t on the agenda Monday, June 2, for the Shelby County Board of Commissioners.
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Center crucial for performing autopsies for 20 counties faces uncertain future
The West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center — critically important for performing autopsies for 20 counties — is facing uncertainty as no organization has bid on a contract to operate the center.
Making Memphis healthier one neighborhood at a time
Since ShelbyCares opened its first neighborhood health hub in May 2023, Penny Ward has dropped about 100 pounds, stopped taking two medications and seen her blood pressure and blood sugar numbers drop to their lowest in decades.
Movers & Shakers
After an extensive nationwide search, Karla Leeper, a highly accomplished communicator with decades of leadership experience in higher education and health care, has been named the new vice chancellor for Strategic Communications and Marketing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Launched in a pandemic, ZüpMed offers a different kind of medicine
Dr. Lloyd Finks was dining with his wife Shannon one night when they began discussing the many flaws in the health care system, including cost, value, transparency and patient care.
Birding helps some ‘feel a part of something bigger’
Sarah Rose Cullen keeps her bird feeders well stocked for the array of species that visit her Millington backyard.
Conaway: We are the target; we are the catch
There is a school of thought that what’s happening in Washington, D.C., has nothing to do with us and dwelling on it serves no purpose.
UTHSC addresses loss of federal funding
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board on Friday, May 9, unanimously approved a $711.2 million operating budget for 2026.