After Tennessee’s first confirmed case of the Coronavirus was announced on Thursday in Williamson County (south of Nashville), Memphis health officials are on the alert in the event the virus appears here. But Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), says talk of the contagion reaching Memphis is still speculative.
Students at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center must cancel any overseas trips related to school work due to the coronavirus outbreak. UTHSC Chancellor Steve J. Schwab sent a letter to students on Saturday. The letter says any university-affiliated travel in March needs to be canceled and international travel beyond March is suspended indefinitely.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center doctors are working with other infectious disease experts to find a drug that will help stem the effects of coronavirus as the state deals with the first confirmed case of the disease. UTHSC researcher Dr. Colleen Jonsson is doing research in Memphis with live coronavirus.
Although Tennessee now has a case of coronavirus, the old precautions still apply, said Dr. Jon McCullers, senior executive associate dean of clinical affairs in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine.
A few Memphis executives have been tapped to organize Tennessee’s response to COVID-19, as the flu-like disease spreads across the U.S. Gov. Bill Lee announced the formation of a Coronavirus Task Force Wednesday, March 4, comprised of top public and private Tennessee health officials, according to a news release. The group will coordinate efforts to… Read More
A Tennessee Native diagnosed with the coronavirus prays for a miracle Wednesday. University of Memphis graduate Luke Hefner has been in quarantine in Japan since Feb. 5. FOX13 has been in constant contact with Hefner since he got off the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
We are likely in the early stages of a pandemic with a novel coronavirus. As the state’s major educator of health care providers, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has a responsibility to participate in the response to this upcoming event.
The UT Health Science Center has received many questions about the coronavirus. So, they launched an online question and answer service. “We haven’t had any kind of repeated questions,” said John McCullers with the UT Health Science Center. “You expect people to ask the same thing over and over, but it’s been a large variety… Read More
