Not every university lab has a robot capable of turning out 1,500 molecular samples a day next to a pathologist who’s also an expert in lab regulation. On March 13, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center did.
A key medical leader involved in COVID-19 testing in Memphis says the area’s virus testing system remains so flawed that it cannot be relied upon as a tool for quick reopening of society.open, test problems remain, says UTHSC official
As Memphis battles the coronavirus pandemic, some of those on the front lines are medical students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. It’s an initiative no other medical school in the United States has been allowed to do — using medical students and leading a test center.
In the race to identify solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are joining the fight by applying expertise in computational science, advanced manufacturing, data science and neutron science.
Memphis businesses will not reopen on May 1, even as other employees across the state start returning to work. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland extended his safer-at-home order until May 5.
Parts of Tennessee might reopen next month, but that’s not likely for Shelby County, where cases of COVID-19 have continued to rise. On Monday, Dr. Alisa Haushalter, director of the Shelby County Health Department, walked through some of the things that will need to happen before her agency is likely to lift its directive that… Read More
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he spoke Tuesday with mayors from Shelby County and the state’s other large urban areas.
On March 17th medical students across the country were suddenly pulled out of hospitals due to the pandemic.
