Whitehaven vaccination site gives makeup shots over the weekend
Overwhelming response was seen at the Whitehaven vaccination site over the weekend even as the Mid-South was still cleaning up after several days and up to 10 inches of snowfall.
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Post-pandemic life: Is the mask here to stay?
Since the SARS outbreaks, “in Asian culture, it’s pretty common to wear a mask a lot,” said Dr. Scott Strome, dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Dr. Nick Hysmith, medical director of infection prevention at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, and an assistant professor at UTHSC, says… Read More
Isolation, snow punching COVID just when it’s weak
That this weather system is so large, covering much of the southern half of the nation and flowing into the Eastern Seaboard is all the better, says Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the College of Medicine at UTHSC, because it has effectively halted the daily exchanges COVID needs to survive. “Nobody wants to implement… Read More
Doctors suspect COVID delayed immune response in young surgeon’s death
A young orthopedic surgeon with OrthoSouth who died early Monday, Feb. 8, may be the nation’s first case of an adult who died of a delayed immune response to COVID and had received the vaccine. Dr. J. Barton Williams died early Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. He was 37.
Brazilian variant now also in county
A week after the U.K. variant was sequenced in Shelby County, researchers now confirm the Brazilian strain is also circulating here. Both are considered more contagious strains of COVID-19.“This reflects that this is a world disease and the variants are going to come to the United States,” said Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the… Read More
Union, UTHSC may assist in vaccine distribution at suburban site
Union University and University of Tennessee Health Science Center students could soon help with vaccine distribution at the Germantown Baptist Church site.
Vaccine volunteers talk about why and what they do
Thousands of people are getting COVID vaccines each week in Shelby County because a groundswell of medical workers signed up to volunteer. Photos show volunteers wearing UTHSC shirts.
Strain found in Shelby County is UK variant, UTHSC says
A highly suspicious sample of COVID-19 found in Shelby County is the UK variant strain B.1.1.7, according to University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials. The sample was sequenced in the regional biocontainment lab on campus and has been sent to Nashville for confirmation. “The hamburger is already made; they are just putting a little… Read More