Phase 2 of local pandemic: moving from stabilization to containment
Call it phase two of the COVID-19 pandemic in Memphis – a tentative stabilization and focus on containment.
UTHSC In the Media
The Early Word: Safer at home is staying put, and UTHSC grabs its cape
Hey, Early Word-ers; it’s Thursday, April 23. The NFL 2020 draft begins tonight, and at least one former Memphis player won’t be watching — because he’s too nervous about when he could get picked. Another is ready to show off his speed, no matter where he goes. And local storytelling organization Spillit will host a… Read More
COVID-19 field hospital conversion underway on Union Avenue
On May 16, when the former site of The Commercial Appeal opens as an alternate-care facility for COVID-19 patients, those who require intensive care will be housed on the third floor, in what used to be the sunlit newsroom.
COVID-19 Lays Bare Health, Economic Neglect
“The coronavirus does not discriminate.” I’ve heard some variation of that assertion made many times since the first case of COVID-19 appeared in Tennessee early March.
Doctors helping to create plan to reopen Memphis
Four physicians have been meeting on Zoom every day this week to come up with a plan to reopen the state’s largest cities in the midst of a pandemic.
Mid-South coronavirus updates: Memphis Education Fund donates $150,000 to help students in need
COVID-19 is a new strain of coronavirus and cases are spreading around the Mid-South since the virus arrived in the United States in February.
Memphis doctor donates blood plasma to help others fight coronavirus
A Mid-South doctor stepped up to donate a part of himself to help others after he recovered from COVID-19.
UTHSC students volunteer on the frontlines at COVID-19 testing sites
Hundreds of UT Health Science Center medical and nursing students are volunteering countless hours on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.