It is increasingly clear that the United States will not follow the lead of other countries and bring the deadly COVID-19 pandemic under control. Any return to normalcy will therefore require a vaccine and development of herd immunity. Several vaccine candidates are showing early promise, prompting the big question — when will we have a… Read More
Alisa Haushalter, Shelby County Health Department director, said the goal is to have coronavirus tripwires ready by tomorrow afternoon. She said this will be a good way to let the public know that if we reach certain thresholds, actions will be taken.
Researchers have known for two decades or more that cholesterol plays a role in causing dementia by altering a protein in the walls of brain vessels that ultimately constricts blood flow.
General George Patton didn’t know a thing about COVID-19, but he knew all battle plans look good on paper. The test is meeting the enemy. One of the growing flanks is testing and the days it is now taking to get results.
Early in the pandemic, a chorus of researchers called for a national vaccination campaign for measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR as the shot is called in doctors’ offices.
Dr. Keiichi Sumida has watched patients in end-stage renal failure suffer a litany of health problems caused by inflammation, including heart attacks, strokes and early death.
Dr. Neil Hayes, head of the division of hematology and oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is among the recipients of the 2020 Team Science Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research for his work in developing The Cancer Genome Atlas.
Another Starbucks has opened in the Medical District, this time in the food court at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 920 Madison. July 20: Memphis Business Journal
