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UPDATE : Testing appointments are currently not being taken for asymptomatic health care workers.  Plans are forthcoming, after the COVID-19 Task Force meets Friday. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — City leaders are encouraging health care workers in hospitals and nursing homes to get tested for COVID-19 now, while lines are short at the city’s testing sites. Mayor […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Medical professionals say social isolation is needed to keep people safe and alive. But if the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, how prepared are Memphis and Shelby County? A member of the mayor’s COVID task force had a tough diagnosis about city’s status. He also talked about the need for […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Members of the COVID-19 task force discovered a fairly dramatic up-tick in new infections over the weekend. Now they’re looking for an answer why. Over the past week, the local task force has been documenting 30, 40, 50 new infections a day in Shelby County. But this past weekend, the number of […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis churches are adjusting to a new norm: having service without members. Churches are among those being told to cease operations by midnight or they’ll face fines. The directive was reiterated by the Shelby County Health Department Friday afternoon, who said some churches had still been meeting. The Reverend Keith Norman of […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis area may need twice as many hospital beds as it has now to deal with coronavirus, health experts said Wednesday. At this stage, they say they’re encouraged by social distancing, but they say the battle with COVID-19 is going to be a lot harder, and take a lot longer, than […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Power should be restored to New Orleans by the middle of next week, utility officials said Friday, and sheriff’s deputies warned people returning to communities outside the city to come equipped like survivalists because of the lack of basic services in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The storm knocked out electricity […]

A new predictive model shows a surge of hundreds of COVID-19 cases in Shelby County in November.

The COVID-19 antibody test is currently the best tool medical professionals have to battle coronavirus, and one Memphis-based lab just began running thousands of tests per day.

There are still many questions on whether to wear a mask and when, and we have some interesting video that may help you with that decision.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Purdue came into the Music City Bowl short-handed and banged-up, particularly at wide receiver. The Boilermakers are going home winners after a game that had people clicking over to catch an amazing finish. Mitchell Fineran kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime and Purdue finished off its best season since 2003 by overcoming […]

Buyers and sellers of real estate alike—when asked what are the three most essential considerations about a property—will nearly always reply “location, location, location.” While this answer is sometimes tongue-in-cheek, it is often quite accurate, and this reply perhaps applies to retirees more than any other demographic. Settling down after a lifetime of working and […]