Severe Flu Outbreak Has Hospital Nearly Full Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is seeing three times the typical number of children coming into their emergency department for the flu.
Whooping Cough Outbreak: Do You Need a Vaccine? (Memphis) We’re on your side with a health alert. A disease that was one of the leading causes of death in children a century ago is making a deadly comeback. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports whooping cough could reach its highest level in 50 years. Doctors aren’t absolutely positive why it’s happening, […]
Students taking TCAP Tests this Week (Memphis) It’s an important test for students in grades 2 through 8 and this year the TCAP means even more. “The big difference this year is that the scores will actually factor into the students grades,” said William White, the Director of Assessment with Memphis City Schools It’s going to make up 15 percent of […]
Flu Season Could Last Another Two Months FAST FACTS: MidSouth pediatricians are seeing high cases of the flu. Schools are reminding parents not to send children with fever over 100. Experts say flu season could last another six to eight weeks. (Memphis) “It’s really been a doubling of cases every week,” explains LeBonheur Chair of Pediatrics Dr. Jon McCullers who says the hospital hit […]
