Dr. Jon McCullers, associate dean in the College of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, made this case in a March 3 column, writing that we were likely already in “the early stages of a pandemic with a novel coronavirus” and that it would “almost certainly” emerge from hiding in Memphis in the… Read More
Another March 8 is here in Shelby County but March 8, 2021, looks much different than its counterpart a year earlier, the day COVID-19 made its way to the Mid-South. One year ago today, it was announced; a woman who went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and contracted the virus and brought it back… Read More
Risk increases with age. That’s a COVID-19 fact. Eight out of 10 deaths from this coronavirus in the United States have been among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.But beyond that very calculable risk are some other truths —some that work in seniors’ favor, and some that do… Read More
Inside Memphis Business: Healthcare CEOs on the Pandemic Inside Memphis Business and Memphis magazines presented the 2021 CEOs of the Year in a webinar sponsored by eBiz Solutions on March 4th. The leaders of healthcare organizations in Memphis spoke of reacting quickly to the evolving situation that hit hard a year ago when the COVID-19… Read More
The Midsouth is once again the center of vaccine distribution as yet another COVID-19 vaccine comes on the market. This one by Johnson and Johnson is a single-dose shot. FedEx has started shipment of the new vaccine and Tennessee could see 40,000 doses of it to start. Monday, the City of Memphis kicked off its… Read More
“Very confident, very confident that things will be smoother,” Mary Taylor said. Monday, Taylor spent part of her 86th birthday getting her second and final COVID-19 vaccine dose at the Pipkin Building under new management – the City of Memphis. “The bad news that has been associated with the county, and with the problems and… Read More
“It’s very hard,” said Dr. Cyrilyn Walters, medical director of ambulatory services at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee, “because there’s not a lot of data.” Her team, which partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, works with each patient to rule out conditions unrelated to Covid-19 that could be causing a patient’s symptoms. Otherwise,… Read More
Undergraduate medical students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) worked with senior administration at the UT medical school to design, deploy and staff a large drive-through community COVID-19 test site. Medical students drafted all training, testing and safety protocols in partnership with faculty mentors, resident physicians and city leaders. Over 170 medical,… Read More
