Sickle cell disease — the inherited, lifelong blood disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans — has serious implications, impeding the flow of blood and oxygen throughout the body. And in Tennessee, about 3,000 people suffer from it, according to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to fund a much-needed expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training and certification in West Tennessee. June 16:WREG June 16: WMC-TV June 16:… Read More
A recently published report reveals that West Cancer Center & Research Center hired one of the world’s leading gastrointestinal oncologists despite him being forced out of his former job for allegations of professional misconduct.
An associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Dr. Claudette Shephard is a gynecologist at Regional One Health. Her medical degree is from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California, and her internship and residency were… Read More
Physicians at the Hamilton Eye Institute were out Saturday using their talents to give a major give to people in need. 16 people received free cataract surgeries to help get their lives back in focus. The Fourth Annual Cataract-A-Thon has helped more than 100 people since it began in 2017.”It’s incredible, so many of these… Read More
Bailey, who is director for the Center for Health Systems Improvement at UTHSC, which receives 25,000 visits annually, says their survey data showed that “less than 25% of low-income people had one or more primary care visits in 2020.” So, the intersection of having a low income, living in a community of color and having… 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.
In early 2020, when the novel coronavirus was gaining momentum but had not yet been named a pandemic, computational chemist Marti Head of Oak Ridge National Laboratory – along with scientists and researchers around the globe – abruptly switched her focus to the fight against COVID-19.
