“The goal is to keep people out of the hospital. We are very, very hopeful,” said Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the College of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “Our numbers are going through the roof.”
Moderna Inc. is the second pharmaceutical in a week to announce that an independent monitoring board has found its vaccine highly effective against COVID-19. Moderna’s Phase 3 showed 94.5% efficacy. Last Monday, Pfizer’s Phase 3 vaccine showed a 90% success rate in fighting the virus. The FDA has said it would accept vaccines that showed… Read More
For months, the $51 million remake of the former Commercial Appeal building has offered the unsettling reassurance that the region has a reservoir if the hospital system gets overwhelmed. On Thursday, leaders at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, who will be in charge of running it, said they are worried about finding the… Read More
Pfizer announced early Monday, Nov. 9, that its vaccine has shown to be a surprising 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. “The results demonstrate that our mRNA-based vaccine can help prevent COVID-19 in the majority of people who receive it,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said. “This means we are one step closer to potentially… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s advisory board will hold its quarterly meeting at 1 p.m., Nov. 12, online.
But sports draws crowds in a way that nothing else does in this country. So if we know when sports will be back to normal, we’ll know when life will be back to normal, right? “Let’s target the Super Bowl in 2022,” said Dr. Jon McCullers, pediatrician-in-chief at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and associate dean… Read More
A month ago, no one expected the field hospital in the former Commercial Appeal building on Union Avenue would open. “Now, unfortunately, it’s looking more likely,” says Dr. Richard Walker, CEO of the alternative care hospital, the $51.3 million remodel that can accommodate 400 COVID-19 patients.
A mounting pile of evidence suggests that rising case numbers in Shelby County are coming from super-spreader events in the suburbs, including weekend soccer events, and a reluctance to wear masks. Without a statewide masking mandate and ban on sporting events, the Memphis-Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force is left with options that limit economic activity… Read More
