The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to disproportionately affect the health and well-being of certain racial and ethnic populations. African-Americans and Hispanics are two to three times more likely to contract COVID-19 and twice as likely to die from it as are whites.
Dr. Manoj Jain will see COVID-19 patients in the hospital before his miniaturized Thanksgiving with only immediate family. “We usually have four families that have been getting together for Thanksgiving for two decades,” said Jain, who is advising Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration on the pandemic. “Not this year.”
I pulled up to the Lamar Avenue COVID-19 testing station shortly after 3 p.m. on Sunday. “No line, no waiting!” one of the staffers said at the first checkpoint. A short time later, a medical worker in protective gear was swabbing my nose.
In the era of COVID-19, colleges, students, and faculty have faced a learning environment that is equal parts unknown and arduous. From remote learning to limited campus access, the traditional mode of instruction has, itself, been put in quarantine.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most science and medical faculty began working from home, with women reporting a significant decrease in manuscript submissions. Women also report providing 77.6% of the childcare themselves, compared to 61.3% for men, according to the Journal of Women’s Health. November 20: Alpha Galileo November 24: Bioengineer November 24: Yahoo! November 24: Sify… Read More
Dr. David Schwartz’ Health Care Heroes nominator said that the radiation oncologist has been a reassuring presence during the gloom of a cancer diagnosis. “Schwartz said one of the greatest joys he gets as a radiation oncologist is that he is invited to, and bears witness to, some of the most profound time points and… Read More
Hans Guenther spent a couple of days in the hospital with COVID-19 last spring. At his worst, he was on oxygen, fighting fever and sweats, and lying in bed wondering if he was about to move from one category to another.
A big series of free COVID-19 testing events takes place in Memphis Saturday and Sunday. A big weekend of free COVID-19 testing events continues in Memphis this Sunday, Nov. 22.
