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Riding the CV Roller Coaster: When Will It End?

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This will end. Getting to a time when the coronavirus doesn’t dominate every aspect of our lives won’t be easy, the way forward is not clear, and the stakes could not be higher. Still, that one incontrovertible, glorious fact remains: This will end.  


UTHSC releases road map to control COVID-19

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Life won’t be returning to anything that resembles normal for two years. That’s the warning from experts at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Task force aims to test 1,000 a day, whether they can pay or not

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The local COVID-19 Task Force is developing a comprehensive coronavirus testing strategy to widely expand testing to more under-served areas and vulnerable populations of Shelby County.


Health expert at UTHSC projects multiple surges of COVID-19; Normalcy could be years away

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Life won’t be returning to anything that resembles normal for two years. That’s the warning from experts at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. UTHSC released a “Memphis road map” for controlling the coronavirus. A detailed report that calls for: A coordinated, multi-state response from Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. All 3 states must have… Read More


Mid-South doctors say be prepared for several waves of COVID-1

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Memphis-area doctors say people need to be prepared that COVID-19 may last into 2021, or longer. Models show after we get past the 1st outbreak, there will be several waves of outbreaks in our area lasting into fall of 2021 or longer. The models presented show each wave will get smaller and smaller in terms… Read More


Live at 9: UTHSC, Lily Brooks O’Briant and cutting your own hair

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is working to arm the public with vital information about the virus.


Massive public health response will be needed for next wave

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In the lull after the surge, expected to end about May 11 here, Shelby County leaders need a plan for how to attack the second wave. “We need a greatly expanded team for identifying cases and contact tracing,” said Dr. Jon McCullers, “that hopefully will allow us to navigate additional waves without shutting down the… Read More


Massive public health response will be needed for next wave

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In the lull after the surge, expected to end about May 11 here, Shelby County leaders need a plan for how to attack the second wave.“We need a greatly expanded team for identifying cases and contact tracing,” said Dr. Jon McCullers, “that hopefully will allow us to navigate additional waves without shutting down the economy.”