Millions of people have long-term health care debt on their credit reports that keeps them from being able to advance. And tens of millions more have stress related to their poor health. But little is known about how these conditions, combined or separately, affect people’s sense of well-being and potentially their ability to recover from… 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
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center received a $2.39 million grant to study how COVID-19 has affected people financially and then emotionally. The teams will create the Emotional Well-being and Economic Burden Research Network. Data shows some people suffering from… Read More
A new national survey shows four out of ten frontline healthcare workers haven’t gotten vaccinated yet, even though they were the first across the county to have access to the shot. The study was conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post. It shows at 52% of healthcare workers have gotten at least… Read More
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.
