While data show only about a third of people in Shelby County have been vaccinated, Gov. Bill Lee declared the health crisis is over. He wanted the county to lift its mask mandate and other restrictions by the end of May. It’s something local health experts strongly disagreed with. April 28: Fox 13 News–5PM April… Read More
For the first time in published literature, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) researchers showed that a variety of white blood cells known as eosinophils modify the respiratory barrier during influenza A (IAV) infection, according to a recent paper in the journal Cells. This research could have implications in understanding… Read More
When Scott Strome moved to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to become executive dean of the college of medicine, there were just 6 Black students in a class of 170. “We vowed to change that,” he told STAT. They’ve worked to cut student debt, drop the requirement that applicants be from Tennessee or… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is inviting health care professionals and members of the public to attend a live, virtual collection of brief lectures and presentations about abuse of alcohol, nicotine, opiates and other substances.
Doctors tending the COVID wings in local hospitals are sucking in their breath for different reasons. Patient numbers are nothing like they were at the height of the winter surge, but the people in their care now are younger and often very sick. “We had stopped seeing as many badly ill patients about three-four weeks… Read More
A new Memphis Shelby Crime Commission report shows a 30 percent increase in violent crimes involving guns already this year compared to the first quarter of last year before the pandemic. Pastor Charlie Caswell and his team at the Legacy of Legends CDC are working to address crime in a collective way by starting at… Read More
Tennessee is one of 11 places in the nation where the gulf between the haves and have-nots makes it pretty easy to predict who likely is going to get a severe case of COVID and end up on a ventilator or worse. In West Tennessee, the work is being done by researchers at the University… Read More
A nationwide — and Mid-South — nursing shortage is getting another potential pipeline for nurse graduates. The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science (UTHSC) announced April 22 a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. This new program is a traditional, two-year path to a BSN degree. UTHSC already offers… Read More
