If the study can be replicated, it’s possible drugs already in use could be quickly repurposed to fight cytokine storm.

Tennessee’s diversity, size and urban-to-rural ratio are thought to be assets for drug-maker hoping to iron out vaccine distribution wrinkles.

New kits allow up to 20 family members to self-test at home, so we tried it.

Students attending on the hybrid platform will learn remotely. Friday was already scheduled as a remote learning day. 

There were 397 COVID-positive patients in area hospital beds as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Letter from local hospital CEOs calls for residents to take personal responsibility for helping curb a growing surge of coronavirus cases in and around Shelby County.

The 835 cases come from 9,048 tests, which gives the day a positivity rate of 9.2%.

Shelby County has a new high in daily coronavirus case increases, with the 835 reported on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

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.

The 686 cases come from 6,396 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 10.7%.

The flu vaccine, given every year, has an efficacy rate of 40%-50%.

Collierville Middle Schools students will not return to campus until after Thanksgiving due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

Shelby County has surpassed 42,000 COVID-19 cases. A total of 612 people have died with the virus. An estimated 38,529 people have recovered.

From Oct. 31 to Saturday, Nov. 14, the Shelby County Health Department recorded an average of 285 new cases and 3,228 tests performed each day with an 8.8% positivity rate.

Overall, the Health Department has reported 41,747 coronavirus cases and 610 deaths, classifying 37,988 cases as inactive/recovered. Active cases in Shelby County stand at 3,149, an increase from the 3,105 reported Friday.

There were 376 COVID-positive patients in area hospitals as of 5 p.m. Thursday, according to the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will offer a testing site for the Phase 3 clinical trial and are seeking 500 participants.

If the field hospital has to open, the region will be in a mess, Dr. Richard Walker says, and health care workers will be scarce. 

The effort short of a statewide mask mandate includes a coalition of local leaders across West Tennessee. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he is also working on a long-term plan for the county to continue to deal with the pandemic through 2021 and after federal CARES Act funding runs out at the end of December.

FedEx is in daily contact with stakeholders in the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain, from manufacturers and distributors to government agencies to some sites where vaccines will be administered.

The Lynx’s Division 2-AA quarterfinal opponent, Lipscomb, advances to the semifinals.

“We are finding a lot of our cases are occurring with people feeling sick, but still going to work, going to a restaurant or socializing,” Dr. Bruce Randolph said.

Since March, the Health Department has reported 604 Shelby County deaths from coronavirus.

Health department director Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris react to the wave of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and a bill that could usurp local authority.