UTHSC In the Media

US Biologic® and BARDA DRIVe Partner to Develop Oral Flu Vaccines for Home Delivery

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US Biologic today announces a partnership with BARDA DRIVe to develop oral influenza vaccines, increasing access to these life-saving technologies. US Biologic joins DRIVe’s “Beyond the Needle” portfolio of companies developing alternative technologies to transform vaccine administration, making vaccines more widely available and eliminating the need for needles, syringes, vials, and cold-chain distribution burdens. August… Read More

Medical District demolition to give way to new housing, less ‘pass-through’

Published by Daily Memphian
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All but about 5% of the available rental housing in the Memphis medical district is occupied, according to figures kept by the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. The leaders of the MMDC say the high occupancy rate can be an incentive for landlords to raise rents but not necessarily to invest in those properties.

Memphis-area private schools grapple with reopening amid COVID-19 surge

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Memphis-area private schools are making decisions about how the 2021-22 school year will look amid rising cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and pediatric hospitals feeling its effects across the nation. Local private schools are implementing protocols at varying levels, some requiring universal masking and others leaving more choices in the hands of parents… Read More

Delta now accounts for 98% of skyrocketing COVID cases

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The seven-day average for new COVID cases is now 478, up from 294 a week ago, as Delta rips through the community. Health officials sounded a persistent, sustained alarm Thursday, Aug. 5, that those who are eligible for vaccination need to do their part to blunt the rise, happening now as schools are preparing to… Read More

Back-to-school backpack and supply giveaway

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is partnering with Omega Ministries to give away 500 free backpacks filled with school supplies to K-12 students in the Memphis community on Saturday, August 7. The drive-through event will be held on the UTHSC campus from 8 a.m. to noon at the Van Vleet Building, 3 N.… Read More

Childhood COVID-19 cases and deaths rise in the Mid-South as lawmakers take on mask mandates

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LeBonheur Children’s Hospital reported two more deaths of children because of COVID-19 over the weekend. Doctors there are recommending masks in schools. At the same time, one Tennessee lawmaker is showing his support in outlawing school districts from mandating masks. On Tuesday, eight children were in LeBonheur Children’s Hospital with COVID-19. Half are in the… Read More

Metro Schools considering new mask mandate (Video)

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WSMV: Metro Schools considering new mask mandate

Severe pediatric COVID cases on the rise

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Serious cases of COVID-19 have doubled at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in 10 days, a worrisome barometer as pediatric cases tick up across the region.“It’s both increased and sustained,” said Dr. Nick Hysmith, medical director of infection prevention at Le Bonheur and associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.