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Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Chris Luther
Filling open jobs continues to be an issue in allowing restaurants to operate at full capacity.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
A total of 647,507 vaccines have been administered with 370,149 people now fully vaccinated.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Thousands of COVID-19 vaccines allocated to Mississippi were sent back to the federal government due to low demand.
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Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Brenden Hall
Mississippians receiving the additional pandemic-related federal unemployment benefits will get the last of those payments tomorrow.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Tucker Robbins
The Shelby County Health Department is hosting health fair events throughout the summer to promote health and safety for everyone in the community.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 10:24 AM CDT
|By Tucker Robbins
Shelby County Health Department reported 24 new cases and no new deaths Friday morning.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 9:15 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The number of presumed positive coronavirus cases in Mississippi continues to rise.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 7:35 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
Internal stimulators implanted to control pain have been around for years. But in the past, they had to be replaced about every four years when the battery died.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 7:29 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
The first step as a parent is to set boundaries and to have open and honest conversations with your child.
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Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
The new health directive states if you are vaccinated or not you do not have to wear a mask in public unless a business requires it. It’s been nearly a month since the mask mandate was first loosened, and with 71 percent of adults in the county showing some sort of immunity to COVID-19, case numbers are heading in the right direction.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 2:03 PM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
The City of Memphis partnered with the non-profit Memphis Brand to give away a car in the “Shot for Shot Sweepstakes.”
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 12:03 PM CDT
|By Tucker Robbins
Shelby County Health Department and Shelby County Joint Task Force have released a new YouTube video using a popular TikTok trend to encourage residents to get vaccinated.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 10:54 AM CDT
|By Tucker Robbins
SCHD says the weekly rolling average of COVID-19 cases in Shelby County is at 44 as of Thursday.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 9:21 AM CDT
|By Chris Anderson
A woman who identified herself as a nurse practitioner student tried to defend an Ohio doctor’s unproven claim by proving she actually is magnetic after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 7:25 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected education in so many ways and some high school grads have considered a change of plans.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 7:08 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
Many of us have felt lonely during the pandemic, but for seniors in assisted living, the past year has been especially isolating.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 2:58 PM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department released a new health directive Wednesday that lifts majority of the prior restrictions on businesses.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 11:47 AM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff and Tucker Robbins
Desoto County vaccination clinic moves to Southaven Community Safe Room
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 11:26 AM CDT
|By Shyra Sherfield
Rhodes College has plans to make unvaccinated students cough up a little more money each semester for a health and safety fee.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 10:30 AM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
Shelby Co. Health Department reports 35 new COVID-19 cases
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 9:36 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and that number is projected to increase to nearly 13 million by 2050.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
The pandemic has made it difficult for teachers to create successful learning environments.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 3:59 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
The FDA approved a drug Monday that treats Alzheimer’s. It is the newest treatment for the disease in 20 years.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 12:29 PM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
Some states are working on implementing mandatory vaccination requirements for students returning to the classroom in the Fall.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 11:53 AM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported 24 new cases and no new deaths Tuesday morning.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 7:53 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
Marijuana is now legal in 36 states for medicinal purposes and 17 states for recreational use.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 7:46 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
Education scientists find that getting started on the right foot can make all the difference.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
COVID-19 case numbers continue to go down more than three weeks after the Shelby County mask mandate was loosened. The CDC has found previously infected people are helping improve immunity rates among states, even those with lower vaccination rates.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
Pools are reopening in the Mid-South. The YMCA shares the protocol they are following in a world where COVID-19 is still present.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Reeves says it makes sense for the United States Supreme Court to review ‘Roe versus Wade,’ the 1973 decision that legalized abortion.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 10:30 AM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
Daily case reports have decreased in recent weeks with the health department reporting more days with less than 100 new cases.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 8:08 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
It is commonly mistaken for GERD, but eosinophilic esophagitis, or EoE for short, is a chronic condition in where there is irritation and inflammation of the esophagus.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 7:47 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
The program emphasizes positive family school connections and helps teachers to engage families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2021 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By Brandon Richard
The money was made available through the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief legislative package that former President Donald Trump signed into law in December.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2021 at 10:01 AM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
Daily case reports have decreased in recent weeks with the health department reporting more days with less than 100 new cases.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2021 at 2:28 PM CDT
|By Hannah Campbell
Craighead County has 2,835 J&J doses set to expire, compared to 255 Pfizer doses.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2021 at 9:56 AM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported 54 new cases and no new deaths Saturday morning.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
A 72-year-old man was diagnosed with prostate cancer and beat it with the help of his doctors. He is celebrating ahead of Cancer Survivors Day.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
In Memphis, teams are hitting the streets to talk one-on-one with people about vaccinations.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 12:13 PM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported 59 new cases and no new deaths Friday morning.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 8:35 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
A new hearing implant has the potential to help people with hearing issues who have been unable to use devices in the past.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 8:05 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
Working up a sweat comes in all shapes and sizes, and now getting the benefits of a good sweat could be as easy as relaxing in an infrared sauna.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2021 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
The vaccine push begins into the summer, with vaccine distributors focusing on the hesitancy of young people to be vaccinated.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2021 at 10:28 AM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported 50 new cases and no new deaths Thursday morning.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2021 at 7:32 AM CDT
|By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
One in five breast cancer patients develops lymphedema, a buildup of fluid in the arms after doctors remove lymph nodes during cancer surgery.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2021 at 7:31 AM CDT
It’s recommended to get your first colonoscopy at 45 and help protect yourself from getting one of the few cancers that are preventable.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 11:42 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Millions of dollars were spent renovating the historic Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital on Ayers Street after a three decade plus break from service.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 3:17 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
Construction for a new dental building in ongoing on UTHSC's campus. The $45 million dollar project will include six dental treatment rooms, updated equipment, and two large seminar rooms that will hold more students.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 3:16 PM CDT
|By WMC Action News 5 Staff
UTHSC and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive grants towards nursing programs and T cell function research.