The Shelby County Health Department says during the final six weeks of 2019, the Tennessee Department of Health laboratory tested more than 1,924 flu samples. These samples were sent in from hospitals around the state. But during the last 6 weeks of 2020, the state lab only tested 4 samples. “Tennessee if I remember right… Read More
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Shelby County crossed the one thousand mark this week. Kenneth Bradshaw was the first person in Shelby County to die from COVID-19 back in March. FOX13 spoke with Bradshaw’s family to get their perspective on the pandemic nine months later.
New studies show COVID-19 can damage the brain and even cause long term problems with thinking and memory. Medical experts said this can affect people with mild or extreme cases.
The United States has given more than 4.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine so far and Tennessee is one of the states doing the best. But there are issues. “The most shots we can get into arms quickly, the better,” said Dr. Scott Strome, Executive Dean at the UTHSC College of Medicine.
The Center for Control Disease and Prevention’s director said the new vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel to this deadly pandemic but only if people take it. Director Dr. Robert Redfield believes the world needs a vaccination rate of more than 85 percent if we want to achieve herd immunity, which… Read More
A 17-year-old Germantown student is being awarded for his work to find a possible vaccine for COVID-19. The Houston High School senior began looking for a possible vaccine as part of a science fair project. Harshu Pande has been part of the National Society for High School Scholars since he was a freshman.
COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Shelby County, and health professionals say these high numbers don’t include the spike that is likely coming after the Thanksgiving holiday. “If you look at the trajectory of the curve, it’s going up at a very steep rate,” said Dr. Scott Strome is the executive dean at the UT… Read More
Medical experts said the number one lesson we can learn from President Trump contracting the coronavirus is that no one is exempt.
