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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The local COVID-19 Task Force is developing a comprehensive coronavirus testing strategy to widely expand testing to more under-served areas and vulnerable populations of Shelby County.
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. UTHSC released a “Memphis road map” for controlling the coronavirus. A detailed report that calls for: A coordinated, multi-state response from Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. All 3 states must have… Read More
