The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is tracking hospitalizations in Shelby County with the latest data released Wednesday evening showing more than 600 Covid patients being treated at local hospitals. That’s about the same as during the height of the pandemic in January and hospitalizations are expected to double over the next two weeks.… Read More
The number of people with COVID in Shelby County is skyrocketing. The New York Times reported Wednesday morning that more than 1,000 new COVID cases were confirmed in Shelby County a day before. We haven’t seen an increase like that since January.
Buckle up — the pandemic is about to get a lot worse. COVID hospitalizations in Shelby County doubled in the past two weeks, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center says they could hit an all-time high in just days. That includes more children getting infected.
The graph below by the University of Tennessee showed Shelby County hospitalizations since March of 2020. At the very end, there is a projected uptick higher than any other. Now some health officials and experts are concerned that hospitals may not be able to handle the surge.
The Tennessee Institute of Regenerative Medicine is doing cutting-edge work at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and their goal is to translate scientific discoveries into new therapies for people suffering from organ damage. To learn more, we talked with executive director Dr. Gabor Tigyi and UTHSC’s vice chancellor for research, Dr. Steve Goodman.
A planned emergency overflow hospital for COVID-19 patients in Memphis has been decommissioned without ever being used, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said Monday. The hospital was located in the 125,000-square-foot building at 495 Union Ave. formerly occupied by The Commercial Appeal newspaper offices. The building was renovated to make bed space for 402 COVID-19… Read More
Students and staff who plan to be on the Christian Brothers University campus will need to provide proof of vaccination before the fall semester begins. CBU President Jack Shannon says this requirement is about following the science. Roughly 2,300 people, both students and staff, will be affected. Shannon said when they started seeing vaccines would… Read More
Students at Rhodes College who haven’t had their COVID-19 vaccine will likely have to pay a $1,500 fee each semester starting this fall. The charge will begin once the FDA fully approves the COVID-19 vaccine, which Rhodes expects to happen this summer. Right now, the vaccine is only authorized for emergency use.
