Every emergency room in Memphis is holding patients, often 24 hours or more, waiting for beds to open. Within days, the Memphis-Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force is expected to announce plans for how health care will proceed as the number of cases is expected to surpass last winter’s peak.
Across the Methodist Le Bonheur hospital system early Friday, Aug. 13, three ICU beds were available, a nerve-wracking statistic in a city where most emergency rooms are holding patients because beds are full.
Transgender women with HIV who received gender-affirming hormone therapy experienced significantly higher rates of sustained viral suppression, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Nathan A. Summers, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and colleagues identified transgender women who received care at the… Read More
Dan Burch thought he would become an engineer. He grew up on an Army base in Germany, where his father was stationed. On his first day at the elementary school there, which offered some Montessori-style education options, teachers saw him playing with Legos and put him in a track that added basic technical skills to… Read More
The University of Tennessee’s nursing school has received a grant to conduct COVID-19 vaccination outreach in six rural counties. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College (UTHSC) of Nursing will use the funding to help improve vaccination rates in Benton, Fentress, Hardin, Lawrence, McNairy, and Wayne counties. August 10: Daily Advent August 10: WMC… Read More
The number of children sick with COVID at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has more than doubled in a week. As of early Tuesday, Aug. 10, 17 children were hospitalized, including six in critical care. One was in the emergency room, waiting for a bed to open.
The University of Tennessee’s nursing school has received a grant to conduct COVID-19 vaccination outreach in six rural counties in the state. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing said Monday it has received more than $76,000 to help improve vaccination rates in rural and underserved communities in Benton, Fentress, Hardin, Lawrence,… Read More
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
