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Coronavirus

Free COVID-19 test kits now available for order or pickup

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 6:07 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Free COVID-19 test kits are now available for every American household via COVIDTests.gov.

Events

Rotary Club leaders from across the US gather in Memphis

Rotary Club leaders from across the US gather in Memphis to discuss mental health

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 6:23 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Improving the mental health of people all over the world has become the focus of the President of Rotary International this year.

Top Story

University of Memphis will host the 12th annual, "Walk A Mile In Her Shoes."

UofM hosts annual ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ event

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 10:15 PM CDT
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By Sydney Hawkins and Bria Bolden
Dozens of women and men donned signs and put on high heels at the University of Memphis on Tuesday, walking a mile in a woman’s shoes.

Health

Regional One Hospital 'Stop the Bleed' training

Regional One offers life-saving training to all employees

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 5:41 PM CDT
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By Sydney Hawkins
Multiple Regional One Health staffed are now trained to stop someone from bleeding out, following a training Tuesday.

Best Life

Best Life: New technology saving livers and lives

Best Life: New technology saving livers and lives

Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 6:58 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
More than 9,200 people across the country received a liver, most from a deceased donor, but several hundred from a living one.

Events

Dr. Shamender Talwar, CEO of The Unity of Faiths Foundation

‘The road has come to Memphis’: World’s largest music-based mental health project comes to the Bluff City

Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 10:22 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
An event honoring the world’s largest music-based mental health project took place in the Bluff City on Thursday.

Digital Desk

Healthier 901 challenges Mid-South to lose a million pounds in 3 years

Healthier 901 challenges Mid-South to lose a million pounds in 3 years

Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 12:58 PM CDT
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By Amanda Hanson
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare President and CEO Michael Ugwueke joined Action News 5′s Andrew Douglas at the digital desk to talk more about this new initiative.

Top Story

Sun generic

Tips to maximize A/C power during extreme Mid-South heat

Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 5:56 PM CDT
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By Tarvarious Haywood
The heat is taking a major toll on us here in the Mid-South, from schools getting out early to A/C units just giving out.

Best Life

Best Life: Parenting about pot

Best Life: Parenting about pot

Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 6:31 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
The marijuana legalization movement has made talking to kids about the drug more complicated for parents.

Friday Football Fever

Friday Football Fever

Mid-South school districts alter football schedules due to extreme heat

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 6:06 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Several school districts across the Mid-South are altering their Friday Night Football schedules this week due to the extreme heat.
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Good News

Sherri Shepherd to kick off Healthier 901 Fest

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 4:12 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Host of her self-titled talk show “Sherri” and former co-host of “The View,” Shepherd is known for her brilliant comedic timing and infectious energy. She will share her journey toward improved health and inspire attendees to take advantage of free resources and support to make healthier choices in their own lives.

Good News

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare launches free Healthier 901 online fitness tool

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 11:55 AM CDT
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By Jacob Gallant
The free tool provides accountability for those participating in the challenge, along with numerous resources to support challenge participants, including articles about healthy living, pre-recorded workouts ranging from low-impact to high-intensity interval training, and the ability to log milestones like steps, calories, and weight loss.

Events

Events happening across Mid-South for Breastfeeding Awareness Month

Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 5:26 PM CDT
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By Victoria Poirrier
August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Many events are taking place in Shelby County for breastfeeding and expecting mothers.

Good News

Heart valve replacement patient celebrates 101st birthday nearly 1 year after innovative procedure

Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 4:13 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
A heart valve replacement patient recently celebrated her 101st birthday nearly one year after her innovative procedure at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.

Health

Insect larvae found in dish at popular Midtown restaurant

Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 10:16 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Local on the Square, a popular Midtown restaurant, is addressing contamination concerns after a dish containing live insect larvae was brought to a customer’s table on Friday.

Coronavirus

New COVID-19 variant emerges with 100s of newly-reported cases in Shelby County alone

Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 4:40 PM CDT
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By Victoria Poirrier and Lydian Kennin
A new COVID-19 subvariant is taking charge in the U.S., causing more cases than any other variant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

News

US attorney files civil complaint against former Memphis dry-cleaning property owner for toxic solvent cleanup costs

Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 at 3:19 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
According to the complaint, the owner leased the property to several dry-cleaning operators beginning in 1966. Those operators are alleged to have disposed of solvents, such as perchloroethylene and trichloroethene, at the site while he owned the property.

Back to School

MSCS parents get first look at student-picked lunch menu options

Updated: Aug. 2, 2023 at 6:52 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Memphis-Shelby County School (MSCS) students taste-tested potential new food items for the lunch menu last year. Some of their top picks will now make the menu for this upcoming school year!

Health

Germantown water tests clear of diesel except in 1 fire hydrant, city officials say

Updated: Aug. 2, 2023 at 3:46 PM CDT
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By Lydian Kennin
According to City of Germantown officials, water testing results from samples collected on Monday, July 31, from areas where residual odor in tap water was reported are all clear of diesel fuel, with the exception of one location.

Health

First human West Nile case of 2023 confirmed in Shelby County

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 2:40 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
A person in Shelby County is confirmed as the first case of West Nile virus of 2023.

Best Life

Best Life: Real-time blood monitor

Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 7:46 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
Every second counts in the operating room, but critical time is lost every day during open heart surgeries as doctors wait on blood test results.

Top Story

City of Germantown could face legal trouble due to water crisis

Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 10:43 PM CDT
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By Bria Bolden
A local attorney has launched an investigation into the city’s water crisis after he says his five clients want an explanation as to how this all began.

News

City of Memphis opens emergency cooling center

Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:36 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
The City of Memphis has opened an emergency cooling center at the Hospitality Hub located at 590 Washington Avenue.

Health

Germantown residents share frustrations as water crisis continues

Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 10:43 PM CDT
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By Bria Bolden and Joyce Peterson
Frustration is growing five days after Germantown water customers were first advised not to drink their tap water after diesel fuel contaminated an underground reservoir.

Top Story

‘No use’ water order still in effect in Germantown; testing still underway

Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 7:35 PM CDT
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By Jacob Gallant
On Monday, city officials provided an update on water testing efforts in Germantown.

Health

Germantown tap water unsafe to drink after diesel fuel leak, city officials say

Updated: Jul. 20, 2023 at 10:26 PM CDT
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By Lydian Kennin and Bria Bolden
Germantown water customers are advised not to consume tap water until further notice, according to City of Germantown officials.

Best Life

Best Life: AI drugs discoveries cutting costs and saving lives

Updated: Jul. 12, 2023 at 6:41 AM CDT
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By Rose Johnson
Now, artificial intelligence, or AI, may help to weed out the good from the bad, the drugs that will work and the ones that won’t, making the time a drug takes to get approval quicker than ever before.

Best Life

Best Life: Working on ways to detect Alzheimer’s

Updated: Jul. 3, 2023 at 6:34 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s today and half a million more people will be diagnosed this year.

Best Life

Best Life: VR for PTSD from hospital ICU

Updated: Jun. 30, 2023 at 7:29 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
From heart attacks and strokes to COVID and car accidents – more than five million people will be admitted into intensive care units across the country this year.

Best Life

Best Life: Neurotechnology instantly helps stroke patients move

Updated: Jun. 29, 2023 at 7:09 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
Every year in the U.S., almost 800,000 people will suffer a stroke, that’s one person every 40 seconds. About 140,000 will die from it.

Best Life

Best life: Tips on tipping

Updated: Jun. 28, 2023 at 7:04 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
As prices for goods and services have skyrocketed over the past few years, should you also tip more? And who should you tip?

Best Life

Best Life: Complain Constructively

Updated: Jun. 23, 2023 at 5:47 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
Recent studies show 49 percent of workers don’t speak up at work for fear of reprisal and 60 percent of employees say they don’t feel voicing complaints would change anything

Top Story

Clergy members call for gun violence to be considered a ‘public health crisis’

Updated: Jun. 21, 2023 at 7:07 PM CDT
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By Victoria Poirrier
“We Can End Gun Violence” was the message from members of the African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee on Wednesday.

Top Story

Organization ‘MyBaby4Me’ works to fight infant mortality in the Bluff City

Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 6:47 PM CDT
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By Stephanie Douglas
After less than a year of supporting Memphis moms, one local organization has been awarded thousands of dollars to expand and continue their work in fighting infant mortality in the Bluff City.

News

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare reaches agreement with BCBST

Updated: Jun. 14, 2023 at 5:49 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) regarding its employer-based and marketplace plans.

Good News

Tennessee congressman announces over $1M in grants for expanding rural health care, supporting biomedical engineering research

Updated: Jun. 12, 2023 at 9:04 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
On Monday, Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced over $1 million in grants are to be awarded to Methodist Le Bonheur and the University of Memphis combined that will expand rural health care in the Mid-South and support biomedical engineering research for paramedics.

Health

EPA to host meetings on potentially cancer-causing chemical emissions in Memphis neighborhood

Updated: Jun. 2, 2023 at 3:41 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) will soon publicize public meetings that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting regarding potentially cancer-causing ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions in a Memphis neighborhood.

News

Stax to host livestream for launch of the world’s largest music-based mental health project

Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 4:46 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music has announced a global launch event for “The Road to Memphis,” a free international song contest showcasing talent and emotional expression through music, simultaneously promoting mental health and creating pathways to access free care sessions for musicians and songwriters.

Top Story

Memphis VA doctor recognized for military service

Updated: May. 29, 2023 at 11:13 PM CDT
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By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
The VA Medical Center in Memphis provides life-saving medical treatment for Mid-South veterans, and a new doctor at the VA is getting top marks for the care he provides for our war heroes, in and out of the hospital.

Events

Saint Francis to host blood drive Wednesday

Updated: May. 29, 2023 at 5:33 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Saint Francis-Memphis will host a blood drive Wednesday for the American Red Cross.

Best Life

Best Life: Magic of music

Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 5:36 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
Being hospitalized is a difficult and often traumatic experience for anyone, but for children, it can be especially challenging.

Best Life

Best Life: How to be a super ager

Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 7:14 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
Some researchers are working to precisely determine a person’s biological age or how an individual body responds as people get older.

Best Life

Best Life: Healing the Achilles heel

Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 5:52 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
There’s a much less invasive procedure that repairs the Achilles tendon right in the doctor’s office.

Best Life

Best Life: Detecting hard-to-see cancers

Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 6:37 AM CDT
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By Rose Johnson
In the past 30 years, the death rate from breast cancer has decreased by 43 percent.

Best Life

Best Life: Picking the best sunscreen

Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 6:03 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
Recent studies show some popular sunscreen brands contain toxic chemicals such as oxybenzone, homosalate, and octocrylene.

Top Story

Memphis VA first to provide life-saving procedure for heart failure patients

Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 10:43 PM CDT
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By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
The Memphis VA Medical Center is the first hospital in the Mid-South to treat heart failure patients with a new technology that gives them a second chance at life.

Best Life

Best Life: A little bit goes a long way

Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 6:18 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
You don’t have to go to extreme measures to see health benefits.

Best Life

Best Life: Life after college

Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 7:31 AM CDT
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By Ivanhoe Newswire
This year, almost two million young individuals will graduate from college and another million will earn an associate degree.

News

Mental Health Cooperative opens clinic in Memphis

Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 7:20 AM CDT
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By Sydney Hawkins
A mental health care system found across Tennessee is now offering care to people in the greater-Memphis area.

Community

Actor Joe Pantoliano hosts Mental Health Breakfast in East Memphis

Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 6:34 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Hundreds of mental health professionals and community leaders joined forces Tuesday morning in East Memphis to raise awareness about the importance of mental health care. Leading that conversation was Emmy-Award-winning actor Joe Pantoliano.
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