Chemical spill in building leads to emergency evacuation, UTHSC confirms
According to University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials, a chemical spill in the campus’s pharmacy building led to an emergency evacuation.
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UTHSC received Carnegie R1 designation
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center certainly has a big role in making a better Memphis. Its mission is to transform lives through collaborative and inclusive education, research/scholarship, clinical care, and public service, with a mission of Healthy Tennesseans. Thriving Communities.
Families stock up on food thanks to mobile food pantry
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – An estimated 500 families re-stocked their groceries today with the help of six Memphis organizations. The Memphis Rotary Club and St. Patrick’s Community Outreach presented their 16th Mobile Food Pantry in the pandemic on the east end of FedExForum on Friday morning. Students from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center… Read More
Overall overdose numbers down in Mid-South, but deaths remain consistent
Overdose numbers in Mid-South states are down from last year. In Tennessee, for example, the state’s Department of Health’s March 2022 report on overdoses, the most recent report they have, which is both fatal and non-fatal, showed roughly 600 less people OD’d than that time last year, 1,834 to 2,421. 2021 was a record-setting year for… Read More
Behavioral health expert weighs in on uptick in Memphis juvenile crime
As we inch more into the Summer of 2022, crime that involves Memphis teenagers is happening more and more. In his weekly update, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland wrote on several instances where teens, some as young as 13, are stealing cars and pointing guns at citizens. “What we see is a reflection of an unmet… Read More
Overall overdose numbers down in Mid-South, but deaths remain consistent
Overdose numbers in Mid-South states are down from last year. In Tennessee, for example, the state’s Department of Health’s March 2022 report on overdoses, the most recent report they have, which is both fatal and non-fatal, showed roughly 600 less people OD’d than that time last year, 1,834 to 2,421. 2021 was a record-setting year for… Read More
Tracking omicron: A look inside a Shelby County sequence testing lab
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The work is on to identify any cases of the omicron variant in the Mid-South. States are relying on sequence testing to spot the variant, and one of the most robust programs is in Memphis. Scientists doing sequence testing in Shelby County are looking at about 20% of all positive COVID-19… Read More
Local hospitals send letter to mayors calling hospitalizations a crisis (Video)
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, along with emergency department directors and the chief of the fire department sent an urgent warning to several Mid-South officials regarding hospitalizations in the area.