Walgreens, Kroger helping push Memphis coronavirus testing capability
Walgreens and Kroger are now working with partners to offer COVID-19 testing in the Memphis area.
Publisher: The Commercial Appeal
Tennessee rural restaurants reopen Monday: Tough safety rules, with weak enforcement plan
As Tennessee moves to allow restaurants in rural areas and small towns to reopen on Monday, it has issued a tough set of COVID-19 safety guidelines, including urging restaurant staff to question customers about their symptoms and even check customers’ temperatures at the door. Also: April 26: Jackson Sun April 26: Tennessean
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
With some of Tennessee reopening, when could Shelby County ease COVID-19 restrictions?
Parts of Tennessee might reopen next month, but that’s not likely for Shelby County, where cases of COVID-19 have continued to rise. On Monday, Dr. Alisa Haushalter, director of the Shelby County Health Department, walked through some of the things that will need to happen before her agency is likely to lift its directive that… Read More
COVID-19 patients are recovering. But some of them may have lasting health issues
The uncertainties about COVID-19 abound. No one truly knows what tomorrow will bring, much less next week, next month or next year. It remains unclear when businesses will reopen and when the economy could start to rebound, when sports could resume and when holidays can be marked in groups of family and friends, rather than… Read More
What should Memphis youths do when home isn’t safe?
Seeing a bunch of young people roughhousing outdoors, or wandering in the streets, or hanging out on corners may seem like an act of rebellion or carelessness during this time of coronavirus.
As COVID-19 patients increase, some Memphis hospitals look to old remedies for a new virus
As the number of COVID-19 patients in Memphis-area hospitals increases, some medical professionals are looking to long-used drugs and treatments successful with other viruses to treat patients with the novel coronavirus, for which there is currently no cure or vaccine.
Opinion:University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center making strides in treating COVID-19
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center’s Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, the Plough Center for Sterile Drug Delivery Solutions, and hospitals have taken leadership roles in COVID-19 testing, producing and delivering sanitizing products that are in severe shortage, and drug/vaccine development.