Transgender women with HIV who received gender-affirming hormone therapy experienced significantly higher rates of sustained viral suppression, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Nathan A. Summers, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and colleagues identified transgender women who received care at the… Read More
Dan Burch thought he would become an engineer. He grew up on an Army base in Germany, where his father was stationed. On his first day at the elementary school there, which offered some Montessori-style education options, teachers saw him playing with Legos and put him in a track that added basic technical skills to… Read More
The University of Tennessee’s nursing school has received a grant to conduct COVID-19 vaccination outreach in six rural counties. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College (UTHSC) of Nursing will use the funding to help improve vaccination rates in Benton, Fentress, Hardin, Lawrence, McNairy, and Wayne counties. August 10: Daily Advent August 10: WMC… Read More
The number of children sick with COVID at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has more than doubled in a week. As of early Tuesday, Aug. 10, 17 children were hospitalized, including six in critical care. One was in the emergency room, waiting for a bed to open.
The University of Tennessee’s nursing school has received a grant to conduct COVID-19 vaccination outreach in six rural counties in the state. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing said Monday it has received more than $76,000 to help improve vaccination rates in rural and underserved communities in Benton, Fentress, Hardin, Lawrence,… Read More
US Biologic today announces a partnership with BARDA DRIVe to develop oral influenza vaccines, increasing access to these life-saving technologies. US Biologic joins DRIVe’s “Beyond the Needle” portfolio of companies developing alternative technologies to transform vaccine administration, making vaccines more widely available and eliminating the need for needles, syringes, vials, and cold-chain distribution burdens. August… Read More
All but about 5% of the available rental housing in the Memphis medical district is occupied, according to figures kept by the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. The leaders of the MMDC say the high occupancy rate can be an incentive for landlords to raise rents but not necessarily to invest in those properties.
Memphis-area private schools are making decisions about how the 2021-22 school year will look amid rising cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and pediatric hospitals feeling its effects across the nation. Local private schools are implementing protocols at varying levels, some requiring universal masking and others leaving more choices in the hands of parents… Read More
