As several COVID-19 vaccines inch closer to federal approval and mass distribution in the coming weeks, in the Mid-South Friday, local participants did their part in another vaccine trial now underway. St. Jude and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently opened a site for Johnson & Johnson’s Phase 3 trail of its COVID-19… Read More
Features video commentary from UTHSC’s Scott Strome “Doing nothing is not always the safest thing,” Dr. Steve Threlkeld with Baptist Memorial Hospital said.That’s the message from one of the leading medical minds in Memphis as the United States – and Mid-South – is on the cusp of its first widespread COVID-19 vaccinations. “When you think… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant illness and death while treatment options remain limited. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a potential strategy to prevent life-threatening inflammation, lung damage and organ failure in patients with COVID-19. The research appeared online in the journal Cell. November 19: KSDK NewsChannel 5 November 19:… Read More
Doctors at University of Tennessee Health Science Center said their COVID-19 treatment study is already off to a better than expected and positive start.Researchers are seeing how well a COVID-19 treatment drug works with the area’s diverse population.
“We are seeing a considerable surge,” Dr. Richard Aycock with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare said. Those in the Methodist hospital system are again planning out worst case COVID-19 scenarios. “It’s an alternative staffing model so we can expand into more beds,” Dr. Aycock said. This, as Methodist’s total COVID-19 patients more than doubled since October… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing will honor nurses from three Memphis hospitals, the Shelby County Health Department, and the Tennessee Health Department during its fourth- annual celebration of the nursing profession – the 2020 NightinGala – to be held virtually October 22. Registration is free and open to all at btsvirtualevents.com/uthscnightingala.
President Donald Trump said it’s a cure for COVID-19 and that same treatment will be used in Memphis in an upcoming clinical trial.
University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center is turning heads. Way before the pandemic, its gene research and mobile stroke unit were groundbreaking. Now we learn in addition to hoping to come up with a vaccine, Researchers will also be conducting clinical trials for a drug that can fight COVID-19.
