As children return to summer camps and sports, getting them vaccinated it critical, says Dr. Jason Yaun, a representative of the Tennessee chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “We stand behind the science…Vaccines are safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines save lives.”
On Thursday, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris nominated Dr. Michelle Taylor as director of the health department. Taylor’s nomination goes before the Shelby County Board of Commissioners’ General Government Committee on Wednesday. If approved, the full commission will vote on her appointment on July 26. Taylor would replace Alisa Haushalter, who resigned in February after… Read More
Faculty members from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have led the development of PubSeq, a global digital data repository of COVID-19 RNA sequences. PubSeq is open to all interested individuals, primarily researchers working to understand the CoV-2 coronavirus and the pattern of spread of its numerous variants (including the Delta variant).
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
Clarksville dentist Dr. K. Jean Beauchamp has been named president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the leading authority on children’s oral health. Beauchamp, a board-certified pediatric dentist, earned her D.D.S. from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She then completed her pediatric residency also at UT in 1993.
After four months of interim leadership at Shelby County Health Department, on Thursday, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris nominated Dr. Michelle Taylor to be the next director. Taylor holds a Doctor of Medicine from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University and a Master of Science-Epidemiology from University of Tennessee Health Science Center.… Read More
On June 30, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) capped FY 2021, and if the school’s research award numbers are any indication, the year was a success. The institution announced July 15 that it raked in $121.7 million in research grants and contracts in FY 2021, continuing a pattern of growth — though… Read More
Shelby County will not follow the state Health Department’s mandate to no longer promote childhood vaccination, including for COVID-19, officials said Wednesday. “Our mission is to promote, protect and improve the health of ALL in Shelby County,” Shelby County Health Department acting director LaSonya Hall said in a prepared statement.
