In an official notice released on Dec. 7, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) denied 10 electronic logging device (ELD) exemption requests from different trucking organizations. The ELD mandate is a federal government-issued mandate that requires commercial truck drivers to install ELDs in their…
Just weeks after a Desoto County, MS bus wreck killed 2 and left dozens more injured, tragedy struck the Mid-South again. This time the victim is a 9 year old boy from Memphis named Kameron Johnson. His friends and family called him Kam Kam, according…
In the beginning of November, Leapfrog released its semiannual Hospital Safety Grades for each state in the United States. Tennessee ranked in the middle of the pack, ranking 20th amongst the 50 states for the number of hospitals that received “A” grades. On an alarming…
The broadband Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), a new medical device developed by the University College London (UCL), is helping medical professionals detect brain damage earlier. This has monumental implications for neonatal care, especially because brain injuries in already susceptible newborns can have life-long or fatal consequences.…