Gone for a month, the televised briefings of the Memphis and Shelby County Joint COVID-19 Task Force are back, signaling a move in the wrong direction regarding the community’s fight against the coronavirus.
“We stopped these briefings about one month...
Tennessee has the dubious distinction as the state with the largest increase of new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks, as of Tuesday (July 13).
Tipton County, the county just north of Shelby, ranked as the number-one county in...
by Lindsey Tanner --
Tuskegee is the one-word answer some people give as a reason they’re avoiding COVID-19 vaccines. A new ad campaign launched Wednesday with relatives of men who unwittingly became part of the infamous experiment wants to change...
With great fanfare, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris hailed the county’s 50-day milestone of keeping new COVID-19 cases below 100 daily and set course for a new push.
At a Friday morning press conference, a huge banner heralding “The Road...
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Memphis/Shelby County continue to remain low, but officials are being watchful for a possible rise in the number of the more contagious Delta variant cases, especially among the unvaccinated.
The Shelby County Health...
On June 4, a big line-dancing brought dozens out to the North Branch Library on Vollintine. This past Saturday, more than 100 patrons came back to celebrate at the “I Love Music and Museum Jam Session.”
“Since the pandemic hit,...
COVID-19 restrictions – most of them – on masking and social distancing are being lifted, according to a health directive issued by the Shelby County Health Department on Wednesday.
Health Directive 22 will go into effect at midnight Saturday (June...
by Stacy M. Brown --
Travel has increased exponentially, and people increasingly are displaying more confidence that the worst of the pandemic is over.
Like many, Alice Anderson had concerns about germs before COVID, and she believes there remain reasons all...
As vaccination numbers climb, new daily cases of COVID-19 are falling, according to Shelby County Health Department statistics.
A total of 662,594 vaccines have been administered; 359,635 people have now been fully vaccinated.
Full vaccinations consist of two vaccine shots taken...
It has been nearly 14 months since the COVID-19 pandemic severely altered how much of the world’s population, including those in Memphis and Shelby County, shopped, congregated, worshipped, learned, worked, traveled and celebrated special occasions.
Locally, The New Tri-State Defender...