Whitehaven vaccination site gives makeup shots over the weekend
Overwhelming response was seen at the Whitehaven vaccination site over the weekend even as the Mid-South was still cleaning up after several days and up to 10 inches of snowfall.
UTHSC In the Media
MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Cohen Announces $2.05 Million in Grants to University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) two grants for ongoing medical research. The first, for $530,534, is from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research of dysglycemia, or abnormal blood glucose… Read More
Tennessee hits last place in first doses distributed, as Dr. Manoj Jain says too much emphasis on second dose timing
Meanwhile, infectious disease expert and University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) faculty member Dr. Manoj Jain told reporters Thursday that people shouldn’t be so worried about second doses being distributed exactly three or four weeks after the first. Even if someone were to only receive the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, the scant… Read More
Is snow slowing the spread of COVID-19?
A Memphis medical expert believes the winter blast could help reduce COVID-19 transmission. UTHSC College of Medicine Dean Scott Strome said that more people are stuck inside because of the weather, and fewer people are gathering.
UChicago Alum Suing U. of Tennessee for Deeming Her Social Media Posts “Unprofessional”
Kimberly Diei (A.B. ’15), a second-year pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy, is suing UTHSC after the school tried to expel her for social media posts that violated their professionalism standards.
Hospitals are beginning to blame serious vaccine injuries on the deceased patient’s immune system
Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the College of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is blaming the deceased doctor’s sudden onset of MIS as an immunological response to a previous COVID infection, not a reaction to the vaccine. Dr. Threlkeld went along with the theory, dismissing the deceased doctor’s multiple negative COVID… Read More
Parse Biosciences Launches Whole Transcriptome Kit to Dramatically Scale Single Cell Sequencing
Parse Biosciences, a company providing researchers with scalable and flexible single cell sequencing solutions, today announced the launch of their Single Cell Whole Transcriptome Kit. The kit, which was previously available only through Parse’s early access program, is now generally available to all researchers in North America. Lawrence T. Reiter, Ph.D and Professor of Neurology… Read More
When Katty Met Carlos: America’s loneliness epidemic
Carlos Watson and Ritula Shah explore loneliness among American’s with leading experts Dr. Altha Stewart, former head of the American Psychiatric Association, senior associate dean for Community Health Engagement in the UTHSC College of Medicine, associate professor of Psychiatry and Dr. Deepak Chopra.