A University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) student has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging she was expelled for sexually suggestive social media posts. Kimberley Diei said the university violated her right to free speech by expelling her from their pharmacy program for her comments on Twitter and Instagram. Backed by the Foundation… Read More
The NCPDP Foundation Board of Trustees, who govern the 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that is affiliated with NCPDP, has awarded a $100,000 grant to University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy for a research project to demonstrate the clinical value of integrating the NCPDP/HL7 Pharmacist eCare Plan (PeCP) in pharmacy and medical… Read More
A young orthopedic surgeon with OrthoSouth who died early Monday, Feb. 8, may be the nation’s first case of an adult who died of a delayed immune response to COVID and had received the vaccine. Dr. J. Barton Williams died early Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. He was 37.
For several years, Inside Memphis Business magazine has celebrated CEOs of the Year — those top leaders possessed of insight and vision who have made a difference in our community. The process was straightforward: We would choose four, each representing an organization of a different size. IMB would have a sponsored breakfast honoring the executives,… Read More
A week after the U.K. variant was sequenced in Shelby County, researchers now confirm the Brazilian strain is also circulating here. Both are considered more contagious strains of COVID-19.“This reflects that this is a world disease and the variants are going to come to the United States,” said Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the… Read More
Although a new strain of coronavirus has been detected in Shelby County, the head of the joint COVID-19 task-force virus sequencing group said Tuesday that it is the least worrisome of two worrisome Brazilian strains. Dr. Manoj Jain, who oversees and coordinates the efforts in Shelby County to genetically sequence 100 random positive tests a… Read More
The mad dash to get an appointment for a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has left some people concerned they may miss their inoculation deadline.“So I don’t want folks getting overly stressed that they can’t get their second dose exactly on time,” said Dr. Scott Strome, the executive dean of the University of Tennessee… Read More
Health officials believe a second possible strain of COVID-19, the Brazilian variant, could be in a patient right here in Shelby County. Right now, none of the strains are officially confirmed yet. UTHSC Dean Scott Strome said people shouldn’t panic because it’s normal for viruses to mutate and the vaccine will still protect people. February… Read More
