COVID-19 Lays Bare Health, Economic Neglect
“The coronavirus does not discriminate.” I’ve heard some variation of that assertion made many times since the first case of COVID-19 appeared in Tennessee early March.
UTHSC In the Media
Doctors helping to create plan to reopen Memphis
Four physicians have been meeting on Zoom every day this week to come up with a plan to reopen the state’s largest cities in the midst of a pandemic.
Mid-South coronavirus updates: Memphis Education Fund donates $150,000 to help students in need
COVID-19 is a new strain of coronavirus and cases are spreading around the Mid-South since the virus arrived in the United States in February.
Memphis doctor donates blood plasma to help others fight coronavirus
A Mid-South doctor stepped up to donate a part of himself to help others after he recovered from COVID-19.
UTHSC students volunteer on the frontlines at COVID-19 testing sites
Hundreds of UT Health Science Center medical and nursing students are volunteering countless hours on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stay-at-home orders may lift, but the threat persists
The state of Tennessee will soon lift the stay-at-home orders put in place in response to COVID-19. This action leaves Tennesseans with important choices to make for themselves and their communities.
UTHSC takes huge strides in battle to ramp up testing
Not every university lab has a robot capable of turning out 1,500 molecular samples a day next to a pathologist who’s also an expert in lab regulation. On March 13, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center did.
As society leans on COVID-19 testing to reopen, test problems remain, says UTHSC official
A key medical leader involved in COVID-19 testing in Memphis says the area’s virus testing system remains so flawed that it cannot be relied upon as a tool for quick reopening of society.open, test problems remain, says UTHSC official