The Shelby County Health Department said we are learning more about the spread of COVID-19 in the area because we’re testing more people. We’re also learning about new lab capacity at UT Health Science Center that will significantly cut down on the turnaround time of some of those COVID-19 tests, which currently can take four… Read More
President Donald Trump has said he’d like to see the federal government pursue drugs used to treat malaria – chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine – possibly in conjunction with antibiotics, as a treatment for COVID-19.
An in-house coronavirus testing lab at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis is growing quickly, the head of the medical school said, and might soon have the capacity to test hundreds of samples per day from medical providers around the area.
Eliza is a vibrant, exuberant and opinionated 4-year-old, according to mother, Rachael Boer. She looks healthy, but she has primary ciliary dyskinesia, a disorder characterized by chronic respiratory tract infections and sinus problems, among other issues. She’s had it since the day she was born, the same day her parents adopted her.
The federal government is now adding supercomputers to its toolset in the hunt for ways to stop COVID-19. According to an announcement by President Trump Sunday, a newly established COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium will bring together industry, academic institutions and federal laboratories to try to identify or create candidate compounds that might prevent or… Read More
The quiet that descends on the city now as nonessential businesses are closed is imperative for the fight in what is still an early epidemic here, according to the head of the health department.
As thousands get tested here, one of the unspoken worries is the number of false negatives, either because the infection wasn’t full blown when the test was taken, the swabbing wasn’t deep enough (it’s uncomfortable and people pull away) or the tests are inconsistent.
The drive-up testing center at Tiger Lane will open Monday to the general public. A doctor’s referral will be required to be tested in the center run by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in partnership with the city and county.
