It is possible four people have died due to the ice storm that swept Memphis in a freeze, downing icicled trees that yanked power lines to the ground. “We are currently investigating four deaths as potentially weather-related,” said Benjamin Figura, director at the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Good morning, Memphis, where a future state bill could potentially let city first responders live anywhere — ending a debate among Memphis City Council members. But, first, as the new COVID-19 variant omicron surges through Shelby County, bringing numerous cases, a familiar set of challenges comes to businesses and institutions whose employees face the public regularly. New COVID-19 testing site… Read More
A new drive-through COVID-19 testing center is opening in the medical district Wednesday as demand for testing soars. Reported infections in Memphis surpassed 21,000 active reported cases, Tuesday data showed, and a third of all tests in Tennessee are turning up positive. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and partner University Clinical Health will operate the testing site… Read More
I’ve always struggled to relate to the ways that Black youths memorialize loved ones and peers who wind up wearing a morgue sheet before donning a graduation robe. The “Rest in Peace” T-shirts, with images of the dead surrounded by angels and peering from silkscreened cotton, seem to be trivializing the killings, not discouraging them. “I think that for a… Read More
Peter F. Buckley, currently a medical leader at Virginia Commonwealth University, will become the leader of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in February. The university system’s board of trustees approved Buckley in a special called meeting Monday afternoon. University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd shared his recommendation for Buckley in late November. “It will be… Read More
Here’s a look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers in the Memphis area business scene: Cynthia Russell has been named vice chancellor for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She has served as the interim vice chancellor for AFSA since December. With almost three decades of service to the… Read More
Dr. Sandy Arnold, division chief of pediatric infectious diseases at Le Bonheur and UTHSC faculty member, said on Sept. 8 there were 12 admitted pediatric COVID-19 patients, down from 30-something a few days before. However, many of the admitted children are seriously sick.
The strain on Memphis hospitals continued to worsen this week, raising the once-inconceivable possibility that hospitals could be forced to triage care based on the probability of survival. Mentions UTHSC’s Dr. Richard Walker.
