Publisher: Daily Memphian


UK strain of COVID-19 hit U of M athletics in February

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In early February, two people connected to University of Memphis men’s basketball program tested positive for the U.K. strain of the coronavirus. By the time the cluster was under control in late February, 29 of 31 positive tests were for the variant. The university paused the basketball program Feb. 9 and for the few next… Read More


How an Indian immigrant became ‘the Dr. Fauci of Memphis’

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On Sunday, March 8, one year ago, Dr. Manoj Jain stood at a nurse’s station at Baptist Memorial Hospital and watched his world and ours suddenly and inevitably change forever….Jain teaches classes in health policy and management for the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, and for UTHSC in Memphis.


UTHSC starting advanced nursing midwife program

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Six years ago, Memphis had two or three midwives. It now has at least 10. Late this summer, it will have a program to train doctorate-level nurses in midwifery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. It is the only program in a public university in the tri-state area and the second in the… Read More


County Commission extends forensic center contract with UTHSC to $5M

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The Shelby County Commission extended a contract with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to run the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center for $5 million. The commission resolution, passed with a unanimous vote Monday, March 8, ups the contract from $3.7 million.


COVID-19 vaccines administered more than double in past 2 weeks

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New cases and tests reported have largely stabilized over the past month in Shelby County. From Feb. 20 to Saturday, the Health Department reported an average of 134 new coronavirus cases and 2,298 test results each day yielding a 5.8% positivity rate… Dr. Scott Strome is executive dean of the College of Medicine and vice… Read More


In about 30 minutes, pair score second dose at Pipkin Building

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Hundreds of cars lined up Saturday, March 6, at the Pipkin Building to receive coronavirus vaccine doses and there were no issues at the site, which has seen its share of problems.


Herrington: 12 days that changed Memphis, 12 months later

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Dr. Jon McCullers, associate dean in the College of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, made this case in a March 3 column, writing that we were likely already in “the early stages of a pandemic with a novel coronavirus” and that it would “almost certainly” emerge from hiding in Memphis in the… Read More


Beyond illness itself, pandemic poses problems for older people

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Risk increases with age. That’s a COVID-19 fact. Eight out of 10 deaths from this coronavirus in the United States have been among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.But beyond that very calculable risk are some other truths —some that work in seniors’ favor, and some that do… Read More