If the coronavirus were just another cold or flu virus, herd immunity could probably be achieved at 70%. This virus is so much more contagious, Dr. Robert Redfield expects the world is looking at 85% to 90% “to shut this down.” “That’s my own personal speculation,” Redfield said in an hourlong Zoom conversation Monday, Dec.… Read More
As several COVID-19 vaccines inch closer to federal approval and mass distribution in the coming weeks, in the Mid-South Friday, local participants did their part in another vaccine trial now underway. St. Jude and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently opened a site for Johnson & Johnson’s Phase 3 trail of its COVID-19… Read More
A head official at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will join a virtual conversation on the coronavirus with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Robert Redfield will host the discussion on Zoom about the pandemic and public health response to the coronavirus.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appears set to be approved for widespread use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the coming days or weeks. Locally, the largest metro-area hospitals are gearing up to vaccinate frontline workers with the first doses of COVID vaccine available in the Memphis area.
West Cancer Center has agreed to a settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought against the practice and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Methodist will continue its defense against the lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2017 and sealed until late 2019. West ended its formal affiliation with Methodist when the practice joined OneOncology in January 2019.… Read More
Features video commentary from UTHSC’s Scott Strome “Doing nothing is not always the safest thing,” Dr. Steve Threlkeld with Baptist Memorial Hospital said.That’s the message from one of the leading medical minds in Memphis as the United States – and Mid-South – is on the cusp of its first widespread COVID-19 vaccinations. “When you think… Read More
Today, there are more than 500 people in our local hospitals ill with COVID-19. While many of them will get better, some will suffer long periods of illness and some will die. COVID-19 vaccines provide hope for a better tomorrow — hope that is proportional to the number of us willing to be vaccinated. How… Read More
Only one other public university, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, currently offers a master’s in physician assistant studies. “We propose to offer a second, high quality and affordable, public option,” MTSU said in its submission to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which must also approve the degree before it can be… Read More
