St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis is one of many sites around the world that’s testing a COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. But a problem has emerged in Memphis: of the roughly 150 people who have volunteered for the research so far, very few come from minority groups. That could hinder efforts to… Read More
There are promising new laboratory results in an award-winning effort to find naturally occurring compounds that are therapeutic against the COVID-19 virus. So far, 35 of 125 naturally occurring compounds identified computationally at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to have potential against COVID-19 that have shown computational efficacy are undergoing first-batch testing at… Read More
As the number of COVID-19 cases revs up across the country, so is the effort to fight the virus. Over the next two weeks, drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna could have their emergency application for a vaccine approved. Moderna announced Thursday they expect to have up to 100 million doses of their vaccine available in the… Read More
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center announced today that Amali Samarasinghe, PhD, was awarded the Charles and Amelia Gould Innovation award amounting to $75 thousand over two years through the American Lung Association’s Awards and Grants Program. The Lung Association has committed $11.55 million through 98 awards to fund… Read More
A woman who works as a nurse at a local hospital called her minister friend the other day after another long, difficult shift.“After the usual how’s your family talk, I said, ‘How are you?’” recalled Rev. Lisa Anderson, pastor of Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
St. Jude and UTHSC have started recruiting adults ages 18 and older, in the Memphis area, for phase 3 of a clinical research study to evaluate a possible COVID-19 vaccine. December 4: WMC Action News AM at 5:30AM December 4: WMC Action News AM at 6AM December 4: WLBT 6:30AM News December 3: WMC Action… Read More
The church has long been an anchor in the Black community. But can the church provide respite from stress, tension and difficult situations, including mental and emotional distress? There’s more to the church than worshiping and praying, a local clergyman explained, particularly when the current problem is a virus that has infected millions, killed tens… Read More
On Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 1, hospitals across the city were telling ambulance drivers to expect delays at emergency rooms across the city. All of them, with the exception of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, were full. Memphis ERAlert sent a tweet at 2:19 p.m. saying all EMS personnel should expect long offload times.
