Health

Coverage of hospitals, clinics, public health, and mental health developments and initiatives.

Klondike Smokey City’s history drives its future

For the next three months embedded On the Ground writers, photographers and videographers will focus on the North Memphis neighborhoods of Klondike and Smokey City.

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Artists sought to contribute to Memphis’ first comprehensive city plan

The UrbanArt Commission is seeking three local artists to collaborate in the comprehensive city planning process, Memphis 3.0.

Latino Memphis launches youth mentorship program
SunTrust Bank adds two financial literacy branches

Currently, seven HOPE Inside SunTrust locations help approximately 6,000 individuals every year with financial counseling. The goal of this expansion is to increase that number to nearly 150,000 individuals annually.

Dr. Lauren Mutrie advocates curative medicine for patients whose social determinants of health anchor them in poverty and illness.
Facing the medical and legal consequences of poverty

A new medical and legal partnership at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital looks to unroot the environmental causes of illness among Memphis' disadvantaged. 

Downtown’s families at home in urban life

Downtown may be an unconventional choice for life with children, but these families are attracted to the home-without-boundaries that is Memphis' urban core. 

Memphis’ Rep. Akbari on how progressives make change in a red state

Representative for Memphis’ 91st district, Raumesh Akbari, says that progress and hope lay in common interests, such as criminal justice reform, between those on both sides of the aisle.

You Gotta Know: TVA’s plan for the Memphis Sand Aquifer

What is TVA's plan to drill into the Memphis aquifer and why does it matter? Here's a primer on the latest environmental order for Shelby County.

Reproductive health centers see “an outpouring of support” since Election Day

Planned Parenthood of Greater Memphis and CHOICES have seen astronomical increases in donations and volunteer interest following the announcement of president-elect Donald Trump. 

Friends of Grand Rapids Parks at work.
Growing roots: How Friends of Grand Rapids Parks is making the city’s green spaces more inclusive

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