Because the frequency doubled in a few weeks, experts say that by mid-April, 60% of the samples will likely be the U.K. strain as is keeps up its steady, exponential growth. “We know this particular variant is very infectious and so we would expect to see it spread through the community very successfully,” said Colleen… Read More
By 2019, Rep. London Lamar had seen a cousin die as a result of complications during childbirth. She had advocated for better support for women during pregnancy. And she had suffered her own devastating late-term pregnancy loss. Lamar, a Memphis Democrat who is Black, cited those experiences in introducing a resolution recognizing the role of… Read More
Neurosurgeon Kevin Foley, MD, is set to perform Memphis’ first spinal fusion with a new robotic system March 22, Fox 13 Memphis reports.
FOX13 is learning more about the events that led up to two children getting vaccinated last month. During the state’s review of vaccine mismanagement, officials said two kids under 16 got shots even though the shot isn’t approved for children.
Nine years. Nearly a decade. That was how long Marilyn Smith Bridgeforth survived in her Whitehaven home with no running water, no gas and no electricity. In a house with walls, but no water and no warmth. Yet warmth was what she needed to protect her from the subfreezing temperatures that barged through those walls… Read More
Two children were vaccinated Feb. 3 at a vaccine site run by the City of Memphis and University Clinical-Health, which is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. A mother was able to make appointments for herself as well as her 13-year-old and 8-year-old children at the Appling Road Emissions vaccination site, said… Read More
If Andrew Kerwin, MD, FACS, DABS, experiences deja vu as he comes to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to join the faculty of the College of Medicine, it’s because he trained at the university more than two decades ago. Now, however, he comes as the chief of the division in which he trained,… Read More
University of Tennessee Health Science Center employees took to the streets once again Thursday to protest recently announced layoffs. This time, some city council and county commissioners joined them. March 18: MLK50 March 18: Fox 13 News–5:30PM March 18: Fox 13 News–9PM March 18: Local 24 News at 6
