FDA delay of blood plasma approval won’t slow local trials
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis has conducted nearly 850 of the plasma transfusions during the pandemic.
Topic: Dr. Jon McCullers
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August 2020
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Six months in, we’re all living in ‘COVID World’
The Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis spawned new words, such as "Stranger Fever," and changed people's thoughts and actions. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its "social distancing" and "new normal" is not so different. History has provided an echo.
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Amid a pandemic, tens of thousands of Memphis-area kids return to school: What happens when they do?
Health officials offer no guarantees but believe the odds of getting through the school year – albeit with some positive COVID-19 cases or even clusters – is reasonably good, assuming all those involved remain vigilant about social distancing and wearing masks and the overall community's transmission rate continues the recent downward trend.
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Most suburban high schools moving ahead with sports
Collierville, Arlington and Germantown will continue contact sports for the upcoming school year as districts try to mesh sports and a pandemic.
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Shelby County data is the same, local school districts are not
When it comes to returning children to school or keeping them home during a world pandemic, school systems and parents must decide independently what's best for them.
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July 2020
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UTHSC COVID symposium includes scientific, sociological views
Two-hour symposium includes updates on treatments, immunology studies and research happening in Memphis.
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June 2020
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Yes, players are testing positive, and yes football season has a chance
If college football is to start its season and continue its season, all involved parties will have to be adaptable, smart and willing to follow protocols, says Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch. And even then? No guarantees.
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Second-longest heart transplant survivor in U.S. now has also beat COVID
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.
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Calkins: Want to run a 5K? Go to the beach? Expert says how — and when — you can resume activities
Dr. Jon McCullers thinks we'll have 5Ks before the year is out. He's OK with the beach (and the protests!) too.
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Where Memphis stands in the fight against COVID-19
Dr. Jon McCullers, Pediatrician in Chief at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, discusses where Memphis and Shelby County stand in the fight against COVID-19.
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Protests and pandemic may be something Memphis COVID rates can weather
The dean of clinical affairs at UTHSC says the local pandemic is "under reasonable control" and a week of protests gathering hundreds of Memphians together was important enough to risk what might lead to a rise in confirmed cases.
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May 2020
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Baptist, first to use remdesivir here to treat COVID patient, ‘cautiously optimistic’
Supply of the experimental drug is so limited, physicians must apply to a committee at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for approval to treat patients who meet specific criteria.
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UT students can expect ‘a new normal’ on campus
"We will not return to campus life just as it was before,” Dr. Jon McCullers said. "... We will do many things differently, with the primary goal of keeping our students and faculty safe while delivering an outstanding educational experience.”
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Internationally known neurologist leads new center at St. Jude
Later this year, St. Jude expects to accept patients for clinical trials in pediatric neurology.
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Calkins: Ready or not, Memphis, it’s time to start reopening. So let’s not screw it up
Memphis and Shelby County will start reopening for business Monday. It's up to Memphians to make sure it's not the disaster many expect.
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April 2020
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UTHSC takes huge strides in battle to ramp up testing
The campus developed a free test, and put it in play at Tiger Lane; now it's adding ‘cub’ sites to the mix.
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Shelby County gets a D+ in social-distancing matrix
When researchers see a lull in new cases, they look to how well social distancing was going two weeks earlier.
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With COVID-19 tests out, number of cases uncertain
According to data released by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland late Friday afternoon, 278 patients are in city hospitals — 85 of them in ICU — awaiting a final diagnosis.
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Malaria drug used in worst COVID-19 cases here; doctors watch closely
Using hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 is an off-label use, which means the drugs were intended for other uses and are experimental in treatment for the novel coronavirus.
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Massive public health response will be needed for next wave
A UTHSC symposium outlines the need for data, analysis and a detailed plan as county leaders brace for future outbreaks as well as possible second wave of coronavirus
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March 2020
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Transmission rates set off new level of distancing urgency
Study shows city's financial vulnerability could speed transmission, making it more difficult to recover.
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False test results another challenge of new virus
Variance exists in the tests themselves and there is no historical data on the percent of false reads clinicians should expect.
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Local COVID-19 test with expedited results expected soon, researchers say
Le Bonheur pediatrician-in-chief Dr. Jon McCullers, who has worked with the CDC and on past pandemic planning, talked on "Behind The Headlines" about development of a local test at UTHSC.
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Mildly ill? Isolate. Fever, short of breath? Head to ER
With flu still in the community, not every sniffle and low-grade fever is coronavirus; but isolate yourself to be sure.
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UTHSC experts: Coronavirus likely to infect 30% of us
The virus is already widespread in the United States, so travel bans and school closures will not stop the virus or prevent individuals from eventually being infected. The most reasonable argument for doing so is to prevent a surge in severe cases that might overwhelm area health systems.
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