As healthcare systems continue to deal with staffing shortages, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is adding 109 new nursing residents to its facilities.Memphis area hospitals are also planning on hiring medical students who are about to graduate. “We really have to get each other’s backs now,” said UTHSC student Robert Fredrick.
A new study reveals the importance of mobile stroke units, especially in Memphis where doctors are treating a number of stroke patients during the pandemic. Right now, the mobile stroke unit is stationed at fire station 14 in South Memphis. Unfortunately, it has been out of service since March of last year, partially because of… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center released a troubling graph that predicts area hospitalizations may reach new heights by next week and there’s nothing we can do about it. This concern is because of the rise in COVID cases, but even if you have been vaccinated or simply don’t contract COVID, this may affect… Read More
Across the Mid-South, the new strain has proven to be deadly in some places and now it’s even putting children in the ICU.“I just want them vaccinated so they stay alive that’s the simple thing for me, I just want people vaccinated so they stay alive,” said Dean Scott Strome, UTHSC College of Medicine Executive… Read More
COVID-19 vaccines are still widely available across Memphis.Cordelia’s Market in Harbor Town is offering COVID-19 vaccines Saturday, July 10.
You won’t have to wear a mask in most places in Memphis and Shelby County starting Saturday. Residents will not be required to wear masks out in public, but private businesses, including stores and restaurants, can still require customers and employees to wear them.
FOX13 has been continuing to learn new information after nine people were arrested in a Parkway Village drug bust. FOX13 learned that a University of Tennessee Health Science Center chairman was arrested during that raid. April 30: WREG May 1: Fox 13 News–9PM May 1: Boxden May 1: WREG News Channel 3 Saturday at 10:00… Read More
While data show only about a third of people in Shelby County have been vaccinated, Gov. Bill Lee declared the health crisis is over. He wanted the county to lift its mask mandate and other restrictions by the end of May. It’s something local health experts strongly disagreed with. April 28: Fox 13 News–5PM April… Read More
