It’s Children’s Mental Health Week. Thursday, health leaders took this opportunity to have a conversation around youth violence and the impacts of it. Memphis police say in 2020, 38 children died and 30 of them were murdered. In 2021, 10 children have died due to violence so far.The most recent is a 16-year-old who was… Read More
Medical professionals graduating from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will get to celebrate commencement in person. It will be the first in-person commencement ceremonies since 2019 and will celebrate 792 graduates, including medicine, nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy. May 5: WMC-TV May 5: Local 24 May 5: Local 24 News at 6… Read More
Workers still reeling from sudden layoffs by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are asking Shelby County Commissioners to help push the school to reverse those layoffs. April 21: WMC Action News AM at 6AM April 21: WMC Action News 5 at Noon April 21: WMC Action News 5 at 3:30 p.m. April 21:… Read More
The Shelby County Health Department continues to track variants of COVID-19 that are appearing in the county.For those who have recently tested positive for COVID-19 in Shelby County, chances are it is the UK strain of the virus.”The B117 is now the dominant strain. It’s the most commonly circulating strain in the community,” said Shelby… Read More
The Memphis-Shelby County COVID-19 Joint Task Force held a press briefing on the current COVID-19 situation and vaccine distribution. As of March 22, Shelby County hit a milestone, surpassing 90,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Currently, Tipton County has 7,075 cases, Fayette County has 4,762 cases, DeSoto County and Mississippi have 20,245… Read More
As hundreds of eligible Shelby County residents received their COVID-19 vaccine at the old Appling inspection station on Feb. 3, two children were also vaccinated that day. An incident investigation report shows a volunteer immunized the children “because they had appointments and completed consent forms.” After the children were vaccinated, the person running the Appling… Read More
The Midsouth is once again the center of vaccine distribution as yet another COVID-19 vaccine comes on the market. This one by Johnson and Johnson is a single-dose shot. FedEx has started shipment of the new vaccine and Tennessee could see 40,000 doses of it to start. Monday, the City of Memphis kicked off its… Read More
The mad dash to get an appointment for a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has left some people concerned they may miss their inoculation deadline.“So I don’t want folks getting overly stressed that they can’t get their second dose exactly on time,” said Dr. Scott Strome, the executive dean of the University of Tennessee… Read More
