West Nile has been spotted in the Mid-South. One human case has been reported in Mississippi, and mosquitoes in four zip codes in Shelby County tested positive this month. Now, county officials are doing massive mosquito sprays.
ROSA is a piece of cutting edge technology that is revolutionizing the way doctors perform surgery, and it’s all happening right here in our community.
Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS are working with health departments, HIV/AIDS service organizations, and other community organizations to provide free HIV testing and information at select Walgreens stores in more than 260 cities on National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), Thursday, June 27 between 10 a.m.
Recent spikes in deaths in the Dominican Republic continue to rise! So far this month, 2 American tourist have died from complications after undergoing plastic surgery.
An alarming trend has emerged in the Mid-South with more people, 40 years old and under, having heart attacks. However, doctors say strokes can strike you while you're young as well.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been awarded $34 million to research how the flu virus can influence immune system development.Dr. Paul Thomas says there is evidence that a person's first flu virus encounter "imprints" on their immune system.
Methodist University Hospital's $275 million expansion created a 450,000-square-foot, nine-story patient tower on top of the hospital as it remained fully operational throughout construction.
As measles continues to spread around the United States, the debate surrounding vaccine choice has flared up at well. So is the vaccine rights movement a fight for personal freedom, or is it a disinformation campaign? We asked, you decide.
Friday, Shelby County’s Health Department director, along with county mayor Lee Harris, and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Nicholas Hysmith shared the team effort in place to prevent new cases from happening.
All five Tennessee measles cases are connected to an east Tennessee resident who traveled abroad to a country with a known outbreak, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.
In a letter sent to patients, Gulfport Anesthesia Services wrote, “On March 12, 2019 we became aware of an incident where an unauthorized third party gained access to a secured camera protected storage facility which contained paper medical records."
Our Mid-South Heroes go above and beyond for communities in need. This month’s hero changed his entire career path to give hope to Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.
The Tennessee Department of Health held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to provide more information after an East Tennessee resident was diagnosed with measles.
The Arkansas Department of Health has said it will automatically reissue its year-long medical marijuana cards to qualifying patients who have received them in the months before the drug could be sold
After confirming a case of measles in Tennessee, health officials say they are working to contact more than 600 people who may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease
We’ve learned new details about Tennessee's first case of measles in 2019. This comes as the CDC reports the U.S. is on track to break the record number of cases set in 2014.
Law enforcement agencies in Arkansas have issued a warning concerning teenagers and vaping. A synthetic substance is back on the market in a form parents may not be aware of.
First-time parents Kayla and Wesley Craig were preparing to make a three-hour trip to their north Mississippi home without their newborn twin girls on Friday afternoon.
The study published Monday in The Journal of the American Medical Association looked a 17 cities coast to coast. analyzing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System which tracks sexual intercourse before age 13 along with another national survey.
The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics are calling for additional taxes on sugary beverages. Now, one Mid-South youth program is eliminating sugary drinks altogether.
Memphis Animal Services says the cats rescued from a Cordova animal abuse case have widespread symptoms of upper respiratory illness, and intestinal issues.
