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The Ethical Life podcast: Were we too timid in testing coronavirus vaccines?

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On the sixth episode of “The Ethical Life,” Richard Kyte and Scott Rada are joined by Dr. Jim Bailey to talk about the coronavirus vaccines. January 27: North Platte Telegraph January 27: Richmond.com January 27: Lake Geneva Regional News January 27: Star Herald January 27: Bismarck Tribune


Cars and COVID-19

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America’s love affair with the car is long and storied. From Henry Ford’s Model T to Elon Musk’s Tesla, Americans take great pride in what they drive, and some take great pains to keep their vehicles looking shiny and clean inside and out. But with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a greater concern… Read More


A look at one university’s key role in COVID vaccinations

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Students and researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are playing instrumental parts in the development of a vaccine and now, in vaccinating the campus community. Pharmacy and nursing students, and medical and oral surgery residents have all been trained and are now vaccinating other residents and students on hospital rotations as well… Read More


New CDC study shows COVID-19 rapid tests aren’t as accurate for asymptotic patients

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COVID-19 rapid tests are quick, easy and give you results in minutes, but they may not be as accurate if you don’t have symptoms. “You can’t just take a rapid test and say ‘Oh I don’t have COVID.” said Dean Scott Strome, UTHSC College of Medicine.  


UTHSC researchers play role in supporting development of COVID-19 vaccines

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Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have played a supporting role in the development of COVID-19 vaccines. To examine the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during development, the company needed a way to test the inhibitory effects of the antibodies generated after vaccination on virus infection. However, to work with SARS-CoV-2 requires… Read More


Graduates of UTHSC accelerated nursing program enter front lines of pandemic

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An accelerated nursing program that started in 2019 is now producing nurses who have started their careers in the middle of a pandemic. WMC Action News 5 spoke with the director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center program. Earning a BSN in a year, that’s what UTHSC’s current round of applicants will do… Read More


Researchers identify three drugs as possible therapeutics for COVID-19

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Based on virtual and in vitro antiviral screening that began in the earlier months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the researchers led at UTHSC by Colleen Jonsson, PhD, identified zuclopenthixol, nebivolol, and amodiaquine as promising therapeutics for the virus in its early stages. Dr. Jonsson is a professor and the Endowed Van Vleet Chair of Excellence… Read More


COVID’s toll on smell and taste: Mid-South doctors weigh in on what we know

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One of the most common symptoms of the coronavirus is loss of taste and smell. Health experts estimate more than 80 percent of COVID patients lose at least some of those senses after contracting the virus.