The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant illness and death while treatment options remain limited. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a potential strategy to prevent life-threatening inflammation, lung damage and organ failure in patients with COVID-19. The research appeared online in the journal Cell. November 19: KSDK NewsChannel 5 November 19:… Read More
Shelby County officials expect to begin receiving shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine within a few weeks, said Bruce Randolph, health officer for the Shelby County Health Department.
Cameron Taylor and Lee Patton — whose primary business is commercial construction — are planning to develop apartments next to Methodist University Hospital.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has entered into an agreement with the Regeneron Genetics Center, a subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for the company to sequence DNA that has been voluntarily collected and stored as part of a biorepository initiative UTHSC is building in collaboration with its partner teaching hospitals. November 18: News… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Regional One Health have established a post-COVID-19 clinic to provide specialized outpatient follow-up care to individuals who have tested positive for the virus and may be experiencing long-term symptoms after recovery. The clinic will also be available to individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are… Read More
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center working with colleagues at the University of New Mexico have identified three drugs, already approved for other uses in humans, as possible therapeutics for COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. November 18: Citizen Tribune November 18: Fox5 Vegas November 18: USA Life Sciences Database… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $228,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research on biosynthetic enzymes.
As is the case elsewhere, COVID conditions are worsening quickly in Shelby County. On Tuesday, 835 new cases were reported, making it the county’s worst day heretofore. In the past seven days alone, about 1 in 315 county residents have been diagnosed with COVID. Dr. Jon McCullers — the Pediatrician-in-Chief at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital… Read More
