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UTHSC to begin vaccinating university’s frontline workers, first responders Saturday

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COVID-19 vaccinations will begin at Memphis’ University of Tennessee Health Science Center Saturday, the university announced Friday. Several hospitals in Memphis began vaccinating frontline workers earlier this week. Scott Strome, executive dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine, said the college is “delighted.” Strome credited Kennard Brown, the executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer,… Read More

Draft of directive: Safer at Home would take effect early Monday and last until Jan. 3

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The Shelby County Health Department’s Safer at Home order would limit onsite dining, bars and clothing retailers in the days before Christmas, but leave many other businesses unaffected, according to a draft obtained by The Commercial Appeal Friday evening.

UTHSC to begin vaccinating university’s frontline workers, first responders Saturday

Published by The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal

COVID-19 vaccinations will begin at Memphis’ University of Tennessee Health Science Center Saturday, the university announced Friday.Several hospitals in Memphis began vaccinating frontline workers earlier this week.  

Opinion: Nurses change lives: 2020 reminded the world that nurses are our backbone

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When the World Health Organization designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, no one could have foreseen the worldwide pandemic that would place a spotlight on the contributions and challenges of nursing. As a leading nursing school, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing made a dedicated effort… Read More

FedEx is shipping Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine; Moderna comes next. How does delivery differ?

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The Commercial Appeal

As FedEx continues to deliver COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech throughout the U.S., another vaccine candidate is poised for distribution in just days. Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and highly effective, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and it is on pace for emergency use authorization from the… Read More

West Clinic settles in lawsuit alleging kickback scheme with Methodist Le Bonheur

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West Clinic has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit alleging physicians for the Memphis institution took part in a yearslong kickback arrangement, according to a court filing Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by two high-ranking Memphis healthcare executives: Methodist University Hospital President Jeff Liebman and David Stern, former executive dean and vice chancellor at… Read More

COVID-19 vaccine study at St. Jude needs more participants from minority groups

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The Commercial Appeal

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis is one of many sites around the world that’s testing a COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. But a problem has emerged in Memphis: of the roughly 150 people who have volunteered for the research so far, very few come from minority groups. That could hinder efforts to… Read More

Opinion: Raising equity during the COVID-19 pandemic and after requires addressing social injustices

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The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to disproportionately affect the health and well-being of certain racial and ethnic populations.  African-Americans and Hispanics are two to three times more likely to contract COVID-19 and twice as likely to die from it as are whites.