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Local deaths from COVID likely closer to 200

The Memphis Business Journal

Jon McCullers — who has studied uncounted mortality from influenza for years — said the State of Tennessee is probably recording about 60% of deaths truly related to the coronavirus.


UTHSC health leader supports safe protests amid COVID-19 concerns

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As protests continue, so does the concern about the spread of COVID-19, but some health experts say protesting, when done in a safe way, is something they support because of how COVID-19 is affecting African American people. For seven straight nights, hundreds of people, masked and unmasked, have marched the streets of Memphis fighting for… Read More


Strickland extends phase two; McCullers discusses reasoning and recent protests (Update)

The Memphis Business Journal

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has extended phase two of the city’s reopening through June 16. Shelby County has been unable to maintain a steady number of new coronavirus cases since entering phase two of the back-to-business plan. And, between the social interactivity from Memorial Day and recent protests, it is unlikely the numbers will improve… Read More


Doctors warn of serious late-virus reaction in children

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Medical questions are piling up as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on. At Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, some of the most vexing are why the disease looks so different in children, including what can be a life-threatening illness weeks after the initial symptoms have passed.


Strickland makes pitch to test 30,000 people a day

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Mayor Jim Strickland wants to begin testing as many as 30,000 people a day for the coronavirus, starting with a pilot program for municipal workers in early June, to protect the city when school starts and flu season rolls in a few months later.


UTHSC pharmacy students make masks for under-served communities

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The UTHSC College of Pharmacy chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) is making face coverings to help underserved communities in Tennessee during the COVID-19 pandemic.  


At UTHSC, W.C. Handy’s cornet symbolizes innovation, team science

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Charisse Madlock-Brown, an assistant professor at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has just received a National Institutes of Health grant — her first — to drill down in the records of 70 million patients, looking at those with two or more underlying conditions, how often they occur, in what combination and what it costs… Read More


East Hampton Samples Are a Crucial Contributor to Lyme Test

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The successful development of a rapid new diagnostic Lyme disease test is owed in part to the test samples contributed to The Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s Lyme Disease Biobank, specifically from the patients of Dr. George Dempsey’s East Hampton Family Medicine practice.