PARIS, Tenn. -- The Henry County Medical Center is bringing back its mask policy. The center says the return is due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the area, increased in hospitalizations, and the impact COVID-19 is having on…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Health officials are continuing to to see a gradual rise of COVID-19 cases, and the cause is a highly contagious subvariant of omicron. Mallory Cooke, with the Jackson-Madison County…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Starting Friday, children aged six months to four can receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department says the age group will get three doses, with three to eight weeks between the first and…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Centers for Disease Control has placed Madison County on a high COVID-19 community level. And with that, they gave a recommendation to wear a mask in a public, indoor…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has placed Madison County under a new recommendation. With several months of low COVID-19 numbers, a new report from the CDC…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- According to the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has placed Madison County at a high COVID-19 Community Level. Community Levels are a tool used by the CDC to determine what…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted a COVID-19 media briefing Tuesday to discuss the surge of COVID-19 across the country. They shared how they are…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department is now offering Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to children ages 5 to 11. Children are eligible to receive the CDC and FDA-approved booster shot…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Local health department officials met to discuss several topics. One of the topics discussed by the Jackson-Madison County Board of Health was budgeting. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department says a COVID-19 vaccine booster will soon be available to kids aged five to 11. The health department says they will begin offering the Pfizer booster on Friday to those eligible.…
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. FILE - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., from left, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- COVID-19 cases in Madison County are staying on the decline. Amy Garner with West Tennessee Healthcare says in January, Jackson-Madison County General Hospital had 230 cases. As…
Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the state of the coronavirus in the U.S., saying the country is “out of the pandemic phase” on new infections, hospitalizations and deaths. FILE - Dr. Anthony…
Travelers cheered and stripped off their masks as pilots announced over the loudspeaker that a federal judge in Florida had struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit. An American Airlines Boeing 737…
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. -- West Tennessee's Hometown Health Clinic is launching a post-COVID-19 aftercare program. Many of those with COVID-19 can experience lingering symptoms or new health issues long after being infected with the virus.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A second round of the COVID-19 booster is now available. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department says the second booster is available to those over the age of 50, those between 19 and 49-years-old who got the…
Whether you were vaxxed once against COVID-19 (77% of Americans), double-vaxxed (65%), or double-vaxxed and boosted (29%), chances are you're fed up with being poked and prodded. With the recent news of a potential 4th vaccine on the horizon, you…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Moderna has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults. The request Thursday is broader than rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s request earlier…
UPDATE: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- House Bill 2311, which would criminalize vaccine mandates, failed in the Business & Utilities Subcommittee meeting on Wednesday. EARLIER STORY: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee legislator has proposed a bill criminalizing COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The legislation,…
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 6 million. The tragic number confirmed Monday is believed to be a vast undercount and shows that the pandemic in its third year is far from done. It's also a…
--CDC offers a new tool to check COVID-19 rates. If you have plans to go on vacation soon, but are wondering about COVID-19 numbers in the area you are headed, well the CDC has now dropped a new tool to…
(AP) -- Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. Fewer Americans now say they’re concerned they’ll be infected compared with January following the rise and fall of the wildly contagious coronavirus variant. That's according to a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the 500 million free COVID-19 tests that the Biden administration recently made available to Americans still haven’t been claimed as virus cases plummet and people feel less urgency to test. That's according to administration…
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- COVID-19 numbers continue to decline. But does that mean we'll need even more booster shots? As of now, people can receive their first and second vaccinations along with a booster. Dr. Stephen Threlkeld says if you are immuno-suppressed…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Board of Trustees of West Tennessee Healthcare held their monthly meeting. A topic of discussion was the monoclonal antibody infusions. James Fountain, the Executive Director of Emergency Services, discussed the success of the infusions at West…
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--We have a COVID-19 update. Infectious disease specialist Doctor Stephen Threlkeld says more than 1 million PCR tests have been administered and more than 592-thousand patients have been tested for covid-19 nationwide. Threlkeld says hospitalizations are continuing to drop…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have put the brakes on their push to speed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children under 5. Friday's move means another monthslong delay for the shots. The Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer to apply…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department is making some changes that start Monday, Feb. 14. "If you test positive for COVID-19, and you're a Madison County resident, you…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Local health officials gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. "For the most part, people are recovering from this infection or this aversion a little bit faster than some of the variants in the past, thankfully," said…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed seven deaths and another 916 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. The department says the individuals who died due to complications from COVID-19 are: A 79-year-old female who died…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Health officials with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have an update on the recent COVID-19 variants. As the omicron variant continues to spread rapidly, health officials said there is…
JACKSON, Tenn.-- A virtual health conference was held Wednesday. Dr. Stephen Threlkeld says they performed more than 1 million PCR tests Wednesday and that the number of hospitalizations is decreasing. He also spoke about how vaccines for younger kids may…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed two deaths and another 909 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. The department says an 81-year-old woman died Jan. 9, and a 65-year-old woman died on Jan. 27 due…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5. The move could open the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots by early March. The nation’s…
Omicron's race across the globe has amped up concerns about long COVID, which some estimates suggest affects a third of COVID-19 survivors. Long COVID symptoms can include pain, fatigue…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have given full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing additional data on its safety and effectiveness. The decision Monday by the Food and Drug Administration comes after many tens of millions of Americans…
NEW YORK (AP) — Experts say how often you can safely wear an N95 or KN95 mask will vary depending on how it’s used. Using a mask to run to the grocery store, for example, is very different than wearing…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- News of an omicron vaccine may soon become a reality. Moderna's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Paul Burton says they have already started giving out doses. "The first person got…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Secretary of Health and Human Services mandate that healthcare facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs require all employees, volunteers, contractors, and…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A Memphis health official gave an update on COVID-19. The virtual meeting was hosted by Dr. Stephen Threlkeld on Wednesday. The meeting provided an update on COVID-19 in hospitals, saying Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis had seen…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed one death and another 1,195 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. The department says an 81-year-old woman died Jan. 12 due to complications from COVID-19. That brings the total…
(AP) -- Pfizer and BioNTech have begun studying a COVID-19 vaccine tweaked to match to the omicron variant in healthy adults. COVID-19 vaccine makers have been updating their shots in case global health authorities decide a change is needed. The…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Sunday morning, Jackson Mayor Scott Conger confirmed he and members of his family had tested positive for COVID-19. Conger said in the post that his symptoms have felt "like I have a slight head cold." For his…
(AP) -- World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could usher in a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. They warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of another, more dangerous…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department gave an update on the deaths due to COVID-19. The health department received a list of 45 names from the State Chief Medical Examiner…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- With omicron continuing to increase COVID-19 cases nationwide, West Tennessee is also seeing the rise. The weeks before the beginning of the year to the two weeks after saw a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Isaac Lane Elementary is switching to remote learning due to COVID-19. The Jackson-Madison County School System says remote learning will be on Thursday, Friday, and Monday. In-person is currently set to return to Isaac Lane on Tuesday,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Health officials are seeing yet another surge of COVID-19. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has received positive test results for over 1,000 cases in the last week. "We know that…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another 1,156 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. The additional cases bring the total number of confirmed positive cases in Madison County to 22,782. The health department also released…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting next week. The step comes after federal officials emphasized the masks' better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth…
