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
The long-awaited partnership agreement between Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is expected to be approved by the UT board of trustees Friday. But one group of physicians, the UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists, is asking for the vote to be delayed.
Earlier this year, 70 University of Tennessee Health Science Center employees were let go from their job amid the pandemic. Friday, they protested their layoffs, as their severance pay ends in just five days. Frustrated former employees rallied at the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees annual meeting Friday, calling the layoffs “immoral.” They said… Read More
Two innovators at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center received the annual President’s Award Friday from UT president Randy Boyd. The awards were announced at the UT board of trustees quarterly meeting in Memphis. Colleen Jonsson, endowed Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Virology at UTHSC, is a national leader in research, immunology and… Read More
With the Delta coronavirus variant 50% more transmissible than the Alpha variant, Shelby County Health Department deputy director David Sweat said the summer could be “rough” for those who are not vaccinated or have not already had the coronavirus. “If you’re vaccinated you’re probably going to have a good summer,” he said, noting those who… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a $50,000 grant to develop an innovative and intensive training program for nurses who care for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
