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Dr. Stephen Threlkeld, one of the city’s leading experts on the COVID-19 virus, says state and local officials need to figure out a vaccine pipeline that can keep the vaccine coming while not forgetting about the importance of testing.
COVID-19 immunizations will rollout this month under a revised state plan that defines the priority orders for Tennessee residents.
People who potentially have been exposed but have no symptoms can return to normal life after 7 days, provided they have a negative test.
The Memphis Restaurant Association wants to know why the Health Department rules continue to change for restaurants, and calls for better communication from health officials.
The trial of Quellor, a drug to tame inflammatory response in COVID-19, is for people already sick and with underlying conditions.
Drug gives a super supply of antibodies, more than the body can make on its own. “I think it’s well worth the small amount of risk it takes,” says Andy Shepherd.
As the numbers tick up, Memphis and four other municipalities see similar trajectories.
Data shows transmission happening in suburbs where athletic events are frequent and masks are fewer.
By Nov. 1, each state is to have identified sites where mass immunization clinics will be held. But plans are hard to make when vaccine requirements aren’t known.
“COVID-19 is still a very much present danger to the people of Shelby County and can be found in virtually all parts of Shelby County,” said Shelby County Health Department Deputy Director David Sweat.
Trump’s doctor, Navy Cdr. Sean Conley, was also upbeat at an afternoon briefing but said the President will not be fully out of the woods for another week.
Health officials were evasive about why they had made the guidance change in August.
Statistically, the stress of the pandemic has hammered the health care workforce, and the signs are everywhere.
Local doctors say science has to prevail in race for safe, effective vaccine.
Memphis physicians say the process will have to move at warp speed to be ready by November, which may eliminate time to observe longer-term side effects and for a broader sample of the public to participate in clinical trials.
New CDC guidance says that people who come in close contact with a positive case may not need to be tested.
Schools have responsibility to contact people who may have come in contact with the virus on school property. It must happen within 12 hours.
About face comes after high-ranking experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, said early results did not prove the therapy works.
City is testing schoolchildren in charter schools here; results are being analyzed at Poplar Healthcare laboratories through pooled analysis. Poplar and AEL have both received FDA approval here for the analysis.
Coroners in Mississippi rule on cases of death outside a hospital. In Mississippi, it's an elected job.
The child was 11, according to the Shelby County Health Department website, and was being treated for another condition at hospitals in Memphis.
District officials are also looking for community partners to help parents unable to be home with their school children.
Two local leaders in the pandemic fight said on "Behind The Headlines" there would be a stronger-than-usual push for flu vaccinations. Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter also said the role of schools in the pandemic makes reopening them – virtually or in person – an important part of battling the virus.
Pool testing has been used for other diseases for decades; Memphis among first cities to apply for FDA emergency-use approval.
Thomas Bryant, a heart transplant survivor, was admitted to the hospital weeks after he had surgery for colon cancer. His COVID treatment and recovery will be part of body of research being gathered around the world that will help scientists know how to treat people with underlying conditions.