Mandy Hrach

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Family members and friends gathered Friday evening along the Mississippi River to honor the life of Alfonzo Ivy, the man shot and killed during a U.S. Marshals task force operation at an East Memphis hotel last week.

With dangerous heat expected across the Mid-South for several more days, doctors said the biggest threat isn’t just how hot it gets each afternoon: it’s how long the heat is lasting.

Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are enrolling participants in a clinical trial testing a once-monthly pill designed to prevent HIV, a potential new option they hope could improve access and adherence in a city that continues to see high rates of new infections.

As Mid-South families check off school supply lists and prepare for the first day of class, pediatricians say getting children ready for school involves much more than backpacks, notebooks and new clothes.

As students return to classrooms across the Mid-South, pediatricians said families should also prepare for the return of common respiratory illnesses.

For children born with rare inherited bone marrow disorders, treatment can often mean chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and weeks in isolation. Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital hope to one day change that.

A drug-resistant fungus considered a serious public health threat is continuing to spread across the United States, including cases in Tennessee and Mississippi, but an infectious disease specialist says most healthy people have little reason to worry.

What started as a small kitchen fire turned into an explosion that left a Central Arkansas woman severely burned, hospitalized for 58 days and facing months of recovery.

Major changes to federal childhood vaccine recommendations are raising questions for parents about which vaccines their children need and when they should receive them.

Spring may be the season most associated with allergies, but doctors said summer conditions in the Mid-South are causing problems for many allergy sufferers just as children return to school and respiratory illnesses begin circulating.