Full capacity not being utilized at Shelby County testing sites for COVID-19
City and county officials have said for weeks one of the keys to being able to reopen the local economy safely is added testing for COVID-19.
UTHSC In the Media
University of Tennessee System has refunded $40 million to students due to coronavirus
The University of Tennessee System has refunded over $40 million to students because of the coronavirus, UT System President Randy Boyd said Friday. At a virtual special meeting of the Board of Trustees, Boyd went over the university’s response to COVID-19, as well as discussed plans for the next several months. He also discussed the… Read More
Board of Trustees discusses UT’s response to coronavirus
At a meeting on Friday morning, the Board of Trustees discussed campus response to the coronavirus outbreak and UT’s plans moving forward. UT administrators have been discussing coronavirus since Feb. 28, with an official decision to transition to online classes on March 11. From March 1 to March 23, UT went from offering fewer than… Read More
Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University
Until a month ago, when Dr. Daniel Wakefield tested positive for COVID-19, he and his wife, a nurse, were watching the disease unfold in the city from the front line. Tuesday, he became part of a second front line by donating his plasma at Methodist University Hospital.
Phase 2 of local pandemic: moving from stabilization to containment
Call it phase two of the COVID-19 pandemic in Memphis – a tentative stabilization and focus on containment.
The Early Word: Safer at home is staying put, and UTHSC grabs its cape
Hey, Early Word-ers; it’s Thursday, April 23. The NFL 2020 draft begins tonight, and at least one former Memphis player won’t be watching — because he’s too nervous about when he could get picked. Another is ready to show off his speed, no matter where he goes. And local storytelling organization Spillit will host a… Read More
COVID-19 field hospital conversion underway on Union Avenue
On May 16, when the former site of The Commercial Appeal opens as an alternate-care facility for COVID-19 patients, those who require intensive care will be housed on the third floor, in what used to be the sunlit newsroom.
COVID-19 Lays Bare Health, Economic Neglect
“The coronavirus does not discriminate.” I’ve heard some variation of that assertion made many times since the first case of COVID-19 appeared in Tennessee early March.