St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the go-to place in the world for pediatric cancer treatment and research, is broadening its reach to include catastrophic neurological disease. Dr. Richard Finkel, an internationally recognized pediatric neurologist whose work in clinical trials has led to new treatments for neurological disease, including spinal muscular atrophy, is the lead architect… Read More
Mother’s Day will have to be celebrated a little differently this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jon McCullers, Dean of Clinical Affairs at the College of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said people really need to limit contact and avoid gathering.
JAMA Ophthalmology has published 10-year results of the ongoing, multicenter, prospective Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring in Ocular micRoorganisms (ARMOR) surveillance study evaluating profiles and trends in antibiotic resistance among common ocular bacterial pathogens across the United States. ARMOR is the only ongoing surveillance study of its kind. The study was sponsored by Bausch & Lomb.
New York City made headlines just over a week ago when 21% of people randomly tested had positive results for COVID-19 antibodies, presumably showing signs of immunity. In Memphis, 5% of those tested are positive for antibodies, a sign that the disease is in the early stages here and that most people are still susceptible,… Read More
No shirt, no shoes, no service — but how about face masks? Today, for the first time in a long time (49 days, to be exact), Memphians can eat inside a restaurant, shop for nonessentials in a “nonessential” store, and even hit the gym. But while businesses’ public-facing employees are required to wear face masks… Read More
As Shelby County businesses enter phase one of reopening, the number of cases in the county continues to increase.
Local COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations suddenly and surprisingly spiked last week. Officials debated whether to reset the clock on easing social-distancing restrictions, and not reopen the economy until mid-May at the earliest.
If Dr. Altha Stewart was in charge of the universe this week, even in Memphis there would be real, live activities, with children running and playing and their adults tuning in to the importance of children’s mental health.
