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Category: Coronavirus

Posted inCoronavirus

Once again, Black Memphians make up vast majority of new COVID cases

by Hannah Grabenstein May 17, 2021August 22, 2023
Community vaccination site in Memphis.
Posted inCoronavirus

Misinformation and mistrust: Officials face big hurdles in vaccine-hesitant Memphis neighborhood

by Hannah Grabenstein April 19, 2021December 6, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus

One year for workers under COVID-19: “I remember people saying we’re essential, but it feels more like we’re sacrifices”

by Hannah Grabenstein March 10, 2021December 6, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus

Children vaccinated, doses allegedly stolen and health director resigns

by Hannah Grabenstein February 26, 2021December 6, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus, Health

First up for COVID vaccine: 75 and older. The average Black person in Shelby County doesn’t live that long

by Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein February 12, 2021December 6, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus

How COVID-19 hollowed out a generation of young Black men

by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin January 28, 2021December 6, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus

COVID vaccine inequality: No internet? No appointment

by Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein January 15, 2021December 6, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus, Racial Justice, Racism

Racism, COVID-19 and Memphis moxie: Essential reading for the year that was

by Stephanie Wilson December 28, 2020December 6, 2023
Rolling protest: Not sentenced to COVID
Posted inMass Incarceration

Lawyers ask Tennessee Supreme Court to protect inmates as jail population, COVID-19 cases increase

by Hannah Grabenstein December 23, 2020December 6, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus

America’s history of medical racism haunts Black Memphians as COVID-19 vaccines arrive

by Hannah Grabenstein December 16, 2020December 8, 2023

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