David Sweat, head of epidemiology at the Shelby County Health Department, is poring over a short list of different COVID-19 models right now, reading them like a map for the road the disease will take from here. There isn’t just one model for predicting the coronavirus surge because none are accurate in all facets, he… Read More
With health care workers on the front lines of the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some health officials say the industry must address the underlying problems of stress and burnout to head off a growing mental health crisis in the field, especially as the effects of the coronavirus will be felt for months if… Read More
With back-to-business plans in order, leaders are looking to the complicated issue of reopening schools. New plans will consider the school calendar, how students get to school and how much school work will be done outside the classroom. Knowing when and how to bring kids back into classrooms is complex.
The pandemic has been a stressful time for many of us and experts say it may be taking a mental and emotional toll on our children. “Children will know based on what they see on the news and how they see you react as to whether or not this is really serious and something to… Read More
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the go-to place in the world for pediatric cancer treatment and research, is broadening its reach to include catastrophic neurological disease. Dr. Richard Finkel, an internationally recognized pediatric neurologist whose work in clinical trials has led to new treatments for neurological disease, including spinal muscular atrophy, is the lead architect… Read More
Mother’s Day will have to be celebrated a little differently this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jon McCullers, Dean of Clinical Affairs at the College of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said people really need to limit contact and avoid gathering.
JAMA Ophthalmology has published 10-year results of the ongoing, multicenter, prospective Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring in Ocular micRoorganisms (ARMOR) surveillance study evaluating profiles and trends in antibiotic resistance among common ocular bacterial pathogens across the United States. ARMOR is the only ongoing surveillance study of its kind. The study was sponsored by Bausch & Lomb.
New York City made headlines just over a week ago when 21% of people randomly tested had positive results for COVID-19 antibodies, presumably showing signs of immunity. In Memphis, 5% of those tested are positive for antibodies, a sign that the disease is in the early stages here and that most people are still susceptible,… Read More
