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News from around our 50 states: Tennessee In-house COVID-19 Testing Programs

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Memphis: The in-house COVID-19 testing program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is one of the fastest labs in the Memphis area, handling nearly 9,000 tests in a two-week period with a result turnaround time of less than a day, according to recently released state data.


American researchers identify three drugs as possible therapeutics for COVID-19

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With almost a year of coronavirus behind us, the pertinent question on everyone’s lips is this: is there any solution to the covid-19 vaccine at all? With covid-19 vaccines at the brink of being deployed (both the Modern and Pfizer vaccines are almost 95% successful according to clinical trials), the focus is also on therapeutic… Read More


Black Women Face Extra Coronavirus Burden

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“This is deadly,” Richelle Williams says sternly. The 67-year-old New Jersey funeral home owner has been explaining to the virtual room of Black women from all over the country how fatal “our people’s” ignorance has been. Thus far, Williams has not been burying just one person in a family, but entire families, week after week.… Read More