The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing on Thursday, May 11, unveiled a new mobile health unit dedicated to expanding health care access in rural areas while integrating rural health education into the college’s degree programs. The unit will be staffed and operated by the college to increase health care access in… Read More
US Biologic has received conditional licensure from the USDA for its Lyme disease vaccine for mice, with the product meeting all conditional licensure requirements, including the unique addressing of an emergency condition and the demonstration of safety. The approval allows US Biologic to take the vaccine to market. It comes after the company took years… Read More
Sleep apnea may significantly increase the risk for long COVID in adults, according to a study led by the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER Initiative and supported by NYU Langone Health as home to the effort’s Clinical Science Core (CSC).
Five local organizations are among the 54 first-round award recipients of a $230 million statewide program to expand health care services. Baptist Memorial Hospital, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Regional One Health, Porter-Leath and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center received grants from the Tennessee Department of Health’s Healthcare Resiliency Program.
The first technological achievement is what co-author, Erik Garrison, calls “a quiet revolution in nanotechnology” that allows scientists to see single molecules of DNA. “The fact that you can have a single molecule means you can make a single read that is very, very long,” says Garrison, a computational genetics researcher at the University of… Read More
The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees Executive Committee held their spring meeting on May 5. The meeting addressed a variety of topics, including budgetary issues and state legislation that impacts UT System and higher education in general. Other projects, both directly and indirectly affiliated with UT, will also receive money from state and local governments through a… Read More
The next generation of medical professionals are taking their first steps into the world. The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis held its commencement ceremonies Monday and Tuesday.
One Memphis doctor is training up the next generation of medical professionals through the program Determined to be a Doctor Someday. Children from around Memphis gathered at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Tuesday. They all want to pursue a career in medicine, and Dr. Christina Rosenthal is helping them get there.
