Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) was safe in two hospitalized patients who were co-infected with cases of COVID-19 that quickly resolved, raising questions about the procedure’s effect on the virus. FMT was effective for the two patients, who were receiving the treatment for Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, reported Jaroslaw… Read More
The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host a “floss-cutting” opening event July 13, at its newest dental clinic on the Memphis campus. The Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Clinic on the 3rd floor of the Dunn Dental Building at 875 Union Avenue, Suite C302, will be staffed… Read More
The number of people diagnosed with sickle cell each year is increasing. That is why the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is sounding the alarm. Local 24 News Reporter Brittani Moncrease stopped by the school to talk about a new program in the works to address the problem. On the grounds of the historic… Read More
By early next year, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital expects to be running its first outpost, a 21-bed children’s hospital within Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. West Tennessee Healthcare, which operates clinics and hospitals in the region including Jackson General hospital, currently holds the license for the pediatric beds there. Under an agreement its… Read More
People who received the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines may be immune to COVID-19 for years, based on new research that shows the lymph nodes in vaccinated people begin producing protective cells that continuously regenerate themselves. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis studied the germinal centers in the lymph nodes of patients nearly four months… 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
The University of Tennessee system is searching for the next chancellor of the UT Health Science Center, according to a news release. Chancellor Steve Schwab announced his retirement on June 1, the release says. Schwab plans to serve in his current role until June 30, 2022 or until a successor is on board, the release… Read More
