Not every university lab has a robot capable of turning out 1,500 molecular samples a day next to a pathologist who’s also an expert in lab regulation. On March 13, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center did.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he spoke Tuesday with mayors from Shelby County and the state’s other large urban areas.
At one end of the spectrum there is the risk for anxiety, depression and PTSD. For a few, there might even be the thought of taking this societal shutdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic into their own hands and tapping out.
As physicians working during the coronavirus pandemic, my wife and I have adopted a new routine when arriving home from our respective hospitals: the “garage drop and dash.” We remove our shoes in the garage, deposit our clothes in the laundry, and head directly to the shower, eschewing any interaction with our children, dog or… Read More
Beginning Tuesday, American Esoteric Laboratories in Memphis will begin processing blood samples to see if people who have recovered from COVID-19 have developed the antibodies that may give them immunity.
The COVID death toll rose to eight – four each – on Monday, April 20, at the Carriage Court and Village at Germantown assisted care facilities – two of nine outbreaks of the virus at assisted living facilities in Shelby County.
Health care providers will be busy Friday setting up signs, traffic cones and a big tent, turning another Memphis-area parking lot into another bulwark against the coronavirus. A new COVID-19 drive-thru testing station is opening at Christ Community Health Services in Hickory Hill. The faith-based health care provider will open another at its clinic in… Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has created a culture of telecommunication meetings, and has forced us to use devices to connect with family and loved ones more frequently.
