Two local institutions and their partners will serve hundreds, if not thousands, with free eye exams and glasses through a new clinic. 

Researchers at St. Jude are partnering with dozens of medical partners globally to answer a question — how do certain HIV treatments work with 16- and 17-year-olds versus adults?

Rural healthcare remains a challenge for UTHSC and several partners across the state. The system’s strategic plan provides some goals to address them, but it requires a coordinated approach and better outreach, some say.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center strategic plan for 2023-28 has specific goals tied to enrollment and similar metrics. 

The layoffs are affecting Regional One Health Extended Care Hospital, which will be closing later this year.

Sanjeev Kumar, 45, a gynecological oncologist and founder of the Memphis-based Poplar Avenue Clinic, was arrested in February 2025.

Vitalant says it needs thousands of blood donations to keep Memphis hospitals stocked, due to the lowest supply in two years.

The Camellia Foundation is converting a former Denny’s in Hickory Hill into a full-service medical clinic with plans to open more locations in underserved communities in the next few years.

Marlon Qualls Jr.'s emotional trauma as a teenager turned into a health crisis that nearly cost him his life but eventually transformed him into a passionate advocate for men’s health.

Heather Currier Hunt will head the St. Jude academy, where she will help build leadership skills “whether you’re in facilities, or you’re a Nobel laureate, and everything in between.” 

Hunter and Spencer Turner are students in UTHSC’s nurse-anesthesia program, which is the latest stop in a journey that’s taken them from small town Tennessee to Japan to Italy to Memphis.

“For things like PTSD and addiction, … all we’ve been able to do are treat symptoms,” said Dr. Jessica Snowden, the vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “We haven’t really had enough understanding of a cause to be able to actually treat a cause. And Dr. Cruz’s work is helping bridge that gap.”

The 275,000- to 300,000-square-foot facility is planned on Madison Avenue between the College of Pharmacy building and the demolished Holiday Inn building.

Modern mannequins provide various types of lifelike practice situations for nurses, physcians and other healthcare professionals.

The decision to launch an investigation has left some of the employees who resigned feeling angry and persecuted.

Methodist University Hospital back to normal admissions, surgeries after early morning transformer fire caused damage

The hospital will restart its search after their top pediatric recruit decides to stay in Texas.

More than a month ago, Marion police sergeant Darrell Prewitt became the victim of a high-speed collision on I-40. These days, however, he’s back on two healthy legs.

Regional One Health and St. Francis Hospital both received poor ratings from the federal government in a recent review.

Eight projects saved St. Jude millions and earned the research hospital a reward from the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

“... This center sends a powerful message: You are seen, you are valued, and you are never alone,” said a state official about the Alliance Healthcare Services facility. 

Daniel Prewitt nearly lost his leg after a high-speed chase in Arkansas. That outcome was avoided thanks to a Regional One team that reconnected tiny blood vessels, some smaller than a human hair.

UTHSC is in better financial position than in recent years — in June 2023, there was a $55 million structural deficit. By the end of June, a surplus of $35.6 million is expected.

The state invested more than $300 million for UTHSC. Here’s how it will help bring in “top-notch students” and address the critical nursing and physician shortage in Tennessee.

Fayette County Mayor Rhea “Skip” Taylor said a hospital is important for healthcare, but it also becomes a community anchor.