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May 2021
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April 2021
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Can an advocate reduce your COVID risk? UTHSC thinks so
University of Tennessee Health Science Center has trained health coaches to work in clinics in three cities that serve medically underserved people; and it’s taking notes on what happens.
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Memphis delegation takes UTHSC to task for 70 layoffs
Eight of the 19 members sign letter asking for workers to be reinstated.
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March 2021
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Health check: Universities delve into medical debt, stress and well-being
Consortium has $2.4 million to award for studies that draw links, create solutions.
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Frequency of local UK variant doubles to 30% in weeks
Cases of COVID-19 fell steadily in January and February. The plateau now is very likely due to the U.K. variant pulling the numbers up again, Dr. Manoj Jain says.
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UTHSC lays off 70 in downturn; 59 are maintenance workers
University posts 17 new jobs but for less pay, according to one of the laid-off workers.
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UTHSC starting advanced nursing midwife program
The course to become a certified nurse-midwife is three years for full-time students; part-time students can finish in four years.
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February 2021
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UTHSC closed Monday due to water issues
Due to the water-boil advisory, reduced water pressure, heating issues and various burst pipes, the University of Tennessee Health Science campus closed on Monday, Feb. 22, but the COVID testing site is open.
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Brazilian variant now also in county
UTHSC confirms it has identified two variant strains of the virus in Shelby County.
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UTHSC plays key role in COVID vaccine research
Using surrogate viruses developed by UTHSC professor, labs working on COVID vaccines and boosters can check their efficacy without using the dangerous SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Pandemic fatigue: The fight we all share
It has been almost 11 months since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Shelby County, and we are tired. Even those who want to follow all the protocols and continue the good fight are more likely to ‘slip’ now and then. It’s called human nature and surveys show that across the country, Americans are weary of the pandemic.
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January 2021
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UTHSC widens opioid study to add focus in Frayser
With feet on the ground and money for Uber rides, researchers hope to stop barriers that keep Black people out of treatment.
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Where, how you live matter when it comes to COVID-19
Charisse Madlock-Brown leads a group looking at social determinants of health in a massive, NIH-funded database representing 2.5 million people tested for COVID in about 75 clinical centers around the nation.
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Local scientists, labs rushing to sequence UK variant
Variant doesn’t appear to be more virulent but could ramp reproduction rate here from 1.07 to 1.57 and dramatically increase deaths.
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December 2020
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Study: Local COVID deaths could more than double in 60 days
For perspective, the death toll for first nine months of the pandemic is 821 as of Tuesday, Dec. 22.
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UTHSC rolls out 3-year program for primary care physicians
Shelby County has about one primary care physician for every 1,200 people, according to Clint Cummins, executive director of the Memphis Medical Society.
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Pandemic could delay early tenure-track academic professionals
Faculty raises, promotions and tenure are tied to productivity. For parents of young children early in the pandemic, it was off.
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Training for doctors hangs in balance as UT-Methodist relationship sours
Methodist University Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have teamed up to train the next generation of physicians for nearly 20 years. That partnership may be changing.
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November 2020
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‘Chronic COVID’ inspires new follow-up clinic
COVID-19 isn’t just putting people in hospitals and claiming lives. Increasingly, evidence shows those who have had it are at risk for lingering, life-altering symptoms. That’s why UTHSC and Regional One Health have partnered on the COVID Follow-up Clinic.
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October 2020
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Regional One, UTHSC create post-COVID clinic
New Regional One clinic offers specialists for a variety of post-COVID symptoms, including those that last for weeks.
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UTHSC identifies drugs as possible coronavirus treatments
The drugs are already approved for other uses in humans.
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Coronavirus numbers return to late July levels
“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.
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September 2020
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Regeneron opens antibody trial with UTHSC, Regional One
The treatment is expected to shorten the illness in those who are sick and build immunity in those who are not.
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UTHSC rebuffs lab animal watchdog; says it reported lapses
The cases involve piglets and mice that were not euthanized when federal regulations said it was necessary. In one case, a researcher lied about the procedures. That research was suspended but has been reinstated.
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Nimble UTHSC team sidestepped hurdles to set up COVID-19 testing lab
In a repurposed lab at 930 Madison, UTHSC analyzes about a third of the city's COVID-19 tests, reporting responses in 24 hours.
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