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
Developers of Orleans Station, the proposed 10.2-acre mixed-use development in the Medical District, have the go-ahead to begin exterior renovations to the shopping strip that once housed the Trolley Stop restaurant. Orleans Station will have a residential component, including 372 apartments, in a collaboration with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to redevelop the Medical… Read More
UTHSC campus police say a man painted his entire car with black spray paint and attached drive-out tags, but that didn’t stop them from connecting the vehicle to a recent auto part theft at the school. UTHSC police said Steven Reynolds, 29, was arrested after one of their officers spotted his car in the parking… Read More
The strain on Memphis hospitals continued to worsen this week, raising the once-inconceivable possibility that hospitals could be forced to triage care based on the probability of survival. Mentions UTHSC’s Dr. Richard Walker.
The hospitals here are not crowded with of people who had COVID early in the pandemic and thought they still had immunity.
If you have been exposed to COVID-19 and are considered high risk for COVID complications, you may be able get a monoclonal antibody treatment, even if you have not tested positive for the virus.Earlier this month, the FDA authorized emergency use of REGEN-COV, an antibody therapy for people with known exposures. You can receive treatment… Read More
Doctors petition to allow school mask mandates as another COVID-19 peak is expected within weeks. Several Knoxville-area doctors, nurses and other medical professionals have signed an open letter petitioning to allow masks mandates for students in schools. They join thousands who signed the letter, along with several physicians who are speaking out from the Memphis area,… Read More
Dr. Jason Rehm has been appointed vice chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine/Health Science Center in Chattanooga. The University of Tennessee College of Medicine and Health Science Center is a medical education science institute providing education for medical students, residents and fellows. Dr. Rehm teaches and… Read More
