Christen Dukes weighed 2 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. Decades later, he runs a Memphis nonprofit and shares his story for Sickle Cell Awareness Month.

Shelby County’s Cyclospora count is up to 11, but investigators still haven’t identified a common local source. Most cases appear connected to travel outside the county.

Shelby County confirmed its first measles case of 2026 and identified exposure windows at a Bartlett Hobby Lobby and an Aldi in Lakeland. Health officials say risk is low.

Vitalant says Type O blood is at a two‑year low after the July 4th holiday and needs thousands of donations to restock Memphis hospitals.

Tennessee will pay family doctors up to $200,000 for five‑year rural commitments as part of a push to shore up shrinking primary care in small towns.

A transformer fire at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis postponed select surgeries and paused new admissions while crews assess and repair damage.

A new HHS OIG audit finds widespread generator and maintenance failures at U.S. nursing homes and places Tennessee in a medium‑risk category. Families and regulators face fresh questions about enforcement and readiness.

Tennessee lawmakers backed $311M toward a new $350M UTHSC College of Medicine building in Memphis, which officials say will expand class sizes and modernize training. The project aims to boost the state's clinical workforce.

Chartis' 2026 analysis flags 417 rural hospitals as vulnerable to closure, and Delta towns near Memphis say long drives and slow ambulance times are already a reality.

Delta Orthopaedics' Collierville and West Memphis offices appear to have closed abruptly, leaving patients and at least one scheduled surgery uncertain. Families are scrambling to get records and reschedule care.

A Memphis pilot is turning doula care into Medicaid‑covered support for TennCare mothers as states and insurers widen access, backed by studies showing better birth outcomes.

A Memphis woman says $1,200 in Facebook-ordered veneers left her in pain and facing costly repairs, and state officials say the operator may not be licensed.

UT Health Science Center in Memphis trains thousands of clinicians a year, earned R1 status and now leads a $12M statewide rural‑health effort to shore up Tennessee’s workforce.