Paid workers and volunteers are sought in Tennessee’s coronavirus response
Out of work? The Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps wants you to apply to help the community respond to the COVID-19 pandemic — whether you’re a medical worker or not.
UTHSC In the Media
Experts: Smartphone screens can ‘host’ coronavirus
Health experts have warned that the novel coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, can linger on the screens of smartphones for more than three days. In a report, Rudra Channappanavar, an immunologist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said touchscreen phones “were particularly dangerous.”
Malaria drug used in worst COVID-19 cases here; doctors watch closely
Hospitals here are using the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine with the antibiotic azithromycin to treat advanced COVID-19 cases, but with great caution.“I used it a couple of hours ago. We tend to, as you do with any medication, weigh the potential pluses and minuses,” said Dr. Stephen Threlkeld, an infectious disease expert caring for COVID-19 patients… Read More
COVID-19 drives demand for Tylenol up
There’s a lot of information out there about the coronavirus. Some of it is true and some is false. There have been claims circulating that ibuprofen has a bad effect on the progress of patients with COVID-19. Local 24 News turned to the experts for an answer.
How prepared is Memphis for a grim — but realistic — COVID-19 peak?
The news was suddenly bright: An updated model released Monday projected that Tennessee’s hospitals could handle the anticipated rush of COVID-19 patients — with plenty of beds, ICU beds and ventilators to spare.
Wellness in times of Plague: Physician Wellness during Covid-19 pandemic
We all know that we are living in interesting times. And by interesting times I mean scary, confusing, disorienting, unpredictable, overwhelming and exhausting. Information is changing minute by minute. Recommendations given yesterday are contradicted today and changed yet again tomorrow. Personal protective equipment is difficult, if not impossible, to find.
Riding the CV Roller Coaster: When Will It End?
This will end. Getting to a time when the coronavirus doesn’t dominate every aspect of our lives won’t be easy, the way forward is not clear, and the stakes could not be higher. Still, that one incontrovertible, glorious fact remains: This will end.
UTHSC releases road map to control COVID-19
Life won’t be returning to anything that resembles normal for two years. That’s the warning from experts at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.