Between traveling, daycares and summer camps, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Pediatrician Dr. Nick Hysmith said children are exposed to a lot of different germs over the summer months. That can lead to the spread of viruses when those children reunite in an enclosed setting like a classroom.
“Essentially that sub-Saharan air mass lifts up and brings particles and kind of blankets various parts of the earth, and what that means for us as we breathe in those particles,” Methodist Le Bonheur Doctor Dale Criner said.
The Burton Weil Family Foundation will provide full scholarships to high-achieving students at the University of Memphis and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Weil hopes the institutions and city will also reap the good from putting these students through school.
HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us” and the video game series that inspired it take place in a world where a mass, airborne fungal infection has transformed humans into violent zombies. And while the series is a work of fiction, the threat fungal pathogens pose to humans is real, with infections becoming increasingly common… Read More
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. Prevent Blindness, a US-based nonprofit, has launched a dedicated website to educate parents, caregivers, professionals and policy makers on the important role vision and eye health plays in a child’s development, learning ability and social engagement.
”Children overall do well, they do not experience hospitalization or death, but it’s certainly possible, especially children who are immune compromised,” said Dr. Amber Thacker, a hospitalist and principal investigator for multiple clinical trials surrounding COVID vaccines at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
Dr. Martin Fleming, a Surgical Oncologist for Regional One Health and Division Chief for Surgical Oncology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center joined the Action News 5 Digital Desk to discuss the issue.
Evidence is mounting that public health in the U.S. could get a big boost by better engaging community pharmacists in providing acute and chronic care services. These are highly trained clinicians in “extremely accessible” locations no more than five miles from the home of 95% of Americans, according to Kenneth Hohmeier, Pharm.D., professor and vice… Read More
