Doctors petition to allow school mask mandates as another COVID-19 peak is expected within weeks. Several Knoxville-area doctors, nurses and other medical professionals have signed an open letter petitioning to allow masks mandates for students in schools. They join thousands who signed the letter, along with several physicians who are speaking out from the Memphis area,… Read More
Dr. Jason Rehm has been appointed vice chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine/Health Science Center in Chattanooga. The University of Tennessee College of Medicine and Health Science Center is a medical education science institute providing education for medical students, residents and fellows. Dr. Rehm teaches and… Read More
SOMAVAC® Medical Solutions, Inc. announces the granting of US Patent (11,078,898), covering its SOMAVAC® SVS Smart Suction Technology and surgical drain management platform. The SOMAVAC® SVS is the ONLY smart surgical drain pump cleared by the FDA to prevent seromas in plastic and general surgery. Most commonly used for mastectomies, breast reconstructions, hernia repairs, tummy… Read More
More than 96% of people in local hospitals with COVID are unvaccinated.Their numbers are swamping emergency departments everywhere.
Dental hygienist Felisa Jackson educated her patient on ways to avoid gum irritation caused by his partial dentures and explained reasons for his mouth sensitivity. Many people, including those who were getting free dental services at the Mission of Mercy this past weekend, are unable to have consistent access to dental care, she said about… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is tracking hospitalizations in Shelby County with the latest data released Wednesday evening showing more than 600 Covid patients being treated at local hospitals. That’s about the same as during the height of the pandemic in January and hospitalizations are expected to double over the next two weeks.… Read More
“I can’t give you numbers, but every hospital has empty beds now,” said Dr. Richard Walker, interim chair of Emergency Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
“If you’re a virus, you want to propagate,” said Jon McCullers, who is on the Shelby County Board of Health and is chief operating officer for the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
