Shelby County death toll rises to 33
Shelby County now has 33 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, Alisa Haushalter, Health Department director told the County Commission in an update on Wednesday, April 15.
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Pandemic creates a new stress for separated parents
The COVID-19 pandemic has separated parents wondering how they are going to abide by custody and parenting agreements as people are being asked to stay home.
Strickland announces loan programs; field hospital at 495 Union
During today’s joint COVID-19 Task Force/Shelby County Health Department update, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced micro-loan programs — two of them — to “assist Memphis businesses experiencing hardship.”
Opinion:University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center making strides in treating COVID-19
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center’s Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, the Plough Center for Sterile Drug Delivery Solutions, and hospitals have taken leadership roles in COVID-19 testing, producing and delivering sanitizing products that are in severe shortage, and drug/vaccine development.
When and how will Memphis reopen? Answers are not pretty or clear cut
When will Memphis reopen and how will that happen? The answers involve the sometimes conflicting perspectives of health, business and political leaders. It will ultimately involve discussions between local and state leaders, with potential input from one significant wild card: President Donald Trump.
Alisa Haushalter: In the forefront of a pandemic storm
The country is shut down, the city and county are shut down. This unyielding novel coronavirus is driving every public and private narrative from Presidential press briefings that sometimes raise as many questions as they answer, to chats with friends and neighbors at least 6 feet apart.
With no in-person classes, medical schools pivot to telemedicine during COVID-19
If it were a normal school year, Vanderbilt medical students Thomas Day and Tita Peña would be spending their time at the Shade Tree Clinic, offering free medical care for Nashville’s uninsured.
Opinion: Black Americans have always been hit hardest by illness. Coronavirus shows this inequity once again
“The coronavirus does not discriminate.” I’ve heard some variation of that assertion made many times since the first case of COVID-19 appeared in Tennessee early March.