A new study reveals the importance of mobile stroke units, especially in Memphis where doctors are treating a number of stroke patients during the pandemic. Right now, the mobile stroke unit is stationed at fire station 14 in South Memphis. Unfortunately, it has been out of service since March of last year, partially because of… Read More
Some good news going into the weekend, the number of COVID patients hospitalized in Shelby County has finally started to drop. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center just released its weekly report on hospitalizations in Shelby County. The number fell every day this week. There are about 650 COVID patients that are currently being treated at… Read More
(First of two stories) By Sept. 3, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic had produced a staggering 220 million cases worldwide and claimed some 4.5 million lives. Just in Shelby County, there have been more than 127,500 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19, and nearly 1,900 deaths. So in an effort to bring more clarity and delineation… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has launched a resources website designed to help health care workers and first responders take better care of themselves, after spending more than a year and a half on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19. The Resources for Health Care Workers website, uthsc.edu/coronavirus/healthcare-workers-resources.php, offers links to resources for immediate… Read More
By Sept. 3, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic had produced a staggering 220 million cases worldwide and claimed some 4.5 million lives. Just in Shelby County, there have been more than 127,500 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 and nearly 1,900 deaths. But in these 18 months, uncertainty has been as prevalent and transmissible as the… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $705,287 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for research predicting the progression of chronic kidney disease in sickle cell anemia using machine learning models.
A community is sending an urgent request tonight as a little girl is hospitalized at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Six-year-old Hattie Lucille Shell is battling a condition brought on by COVID-19 that causes body parts and organs to become inflamed. She’s been in the ICU for about a month. “What we see is that a… Read More
Tennessee now tops the nation with the highest number of cases per 100,000 people, in adult and pediatric cases. For a brief period around noon on Thursday, every ambulance in the city was busy. “That means they have to drop off patients and go and not be able to stay and help us take care… Read More
