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Our efforts around the Coronavirus have been covered in various media outlets. For articles from 2020, please view our Media Archive page.
September 2, 2021
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The Daily Memphian: COVID patients break more hospital records - Tennessee now tops the nation with the highest number of cases per 100,000 people, in adult and pediatric cases.For a brief period around noon on Thursday, every ambulance in the city was busy. “That means they have to drop off patients and go and not be able to stay and help us take care of people,” said Dr. Richard Walker, interim head of emergency medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “Now, we’re waiting to see what happens with all the people displaced by Hurricane Ida. They are going to have routine problems – asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes – just like everybody else. If you add a few tens of thousands of people to the mix, that does change the number of people we have to take care of,” he said.
August 26, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Had COVID from a weaker strain? Get in vaccine line
August 25, 2021
- Local Memphis: COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody treatment is in high demand in the Mid-South. So where
can you get it? What does it do?
- August 25: Local Memphis
- August 26: Good Day Memphis
August 24, 2021
August 23, 2021
- Daily Memphian: COVID-19’s probably a ‘forever virus’
- Daily Memphian: Nursing ranks are gutted; those left feel unappreciated, overworked
- Daily Memphian: 96% of COVID patients at Methodist, Baptist are unvaccinated
August 19, 2021
- ABC17: 7 ways to support kids’ immune systems as they return to school and wait for the Covid
vaccine
- August 19: WOSH 1490
- August 19: WGOW 1150
- August 19: 949 KCMO
- August 19: KMJ Now
- August 19: NASH FM 102.7
- August 19: Philadelphia Tribune
- August 19: WLS AM
- August 19: KLIK 1240 AM
- August 19: KFRU
- August 19: NASH 102.5
- August 19: East Bay Times
- August 19: The Mercury News
- August 19: 94.5 KSMB
- August 19: KEYT3
- August 19: WTHI-TV
- August 19: Classic Hits 99.3 The Eagle
- August 19: News Channel 21
- August 19: WTOP
- August 19: WHDH-TV
- August 19: Henry Herald
- August 19: Rockdale Citizen
- August 19: KESQ
- August 19: The Sports Animal
- August 19: Gwinnett Daily Post
- August 19: KVIA
- August 19:WEDG
- August 19: Albany Herald
- August 19: Action News Now
- August 19: Jackson Progress-Argus
- August 19: KRDO
- August 19: 97 LAV-FM
- August 19: News Channel 2
- August 19: KIMT
- WREG: Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force warns cases could climb higher if virus isn’t contained
- Daily Memphian: ‘Dangerously over capacity’ ERs at risk of treating only those likely to survive
- WREG: Health officials paint dire picture as Covid hospitalizations surge in Shelby County
- August 19: Daily Advent
- August 19: Local Memphis
August 18, 2021
- WMC-TV: Local hospitals send letter to mayors calling hospitalizations a crisis (Video)
- WREG: Health officials paint dire picture as Covid hospitalizations surge in Shelby County
- August 19: WREG News Channel 3 at 4:30 pm
- August 19: WREG News Channel 3 5:30 am
- August 19: WREG News Channel 3 6:30 am
- August 19: Fox 16 News at 6:00 am
- August 19: Daily Advent
- Daily Memphian: New mask mandate goes into effect 7 a.m. Friday
August 17, 2021
Daily Memphian: Health care workers by thousands petition order
MSNBC: Facing COVID Crisis
Patch: Pediatrics Association Requests Meeting
August 16, 2021
August 13, 2021
- Daily Memphian: We are afraid:’ Doctors worry about strain on hospitals, need to protect children
- Daily Memphian: Local ICU capacity expected to be ‘severely stressed,’ ER wait times up
- Daily Memphian: Nurse practitioners fight supervisory restrictions, say they could treat more patients
- Local Memphis: Shelby County leaders tour Le Bonheur Children's Hospital amid COVID-19 surge
August 11, 2021
- WREG: Child COVID Hospitalizations Double
- WREG News Channel 3 6:30AM
August 10, 2021
- AP News: UTHSC to conduct vaccination outreach in 6 rural counties
- Daily Memphian: COVID admissions double in week at Le Bonheur
- WMC: UTHSC to conduct vaccination outreach in 6 rural counties
- Daily Advent
- WMC Action News 5 at 5:00PM
- August 11: WMC Action News AM at 5:30AM
August 5, 2021
- WSMV: Metro Schools considering new mask mandate (Video)
- News 4 Today 5am
August 4, 2021
- WMC: Childhood COVID-19 cases and deaths rise in the Mid-South as lawmakers take on mask
mandates
- WMC Action News 5 at 4:00 AM
- WMC Action News AM at 5:00AM
- WMC: Back-to-school task force releases recommendations
- WMC Action News 5 at 10:00PM
- City of Memphis
- August 5: WMC Action News 5 at 4:30 AM
- August 5: WMC Action News AM at 5:00AM
- WREG: Frankly, it’s scary’: COVID hospitalizations could reach record in Memphis area as delta variant rages
- Daily Memphian: Severe pediatric COVID cases on the rise
- KSLA: Childhood COVID-19 cases and deaths rise in the Mid-South as lawmakers take on mask mandates
- Daily Memphian: Delta now accounts for 98% of skyrocketing COVID cases
- Daily Memphian: Memphis-area private schools grapple with reopening amid COVID-19 surge
August 3, 2021
- WREG: UTHSC predicts hospitalizations in Shelby County will reach record-breaking levels
next week
- August 4: WREG News Channel 3 5:30AM
- August 4: WREG News Channel 3 6:30AM
- Fox 13: UTHSC predicts area hospitalizations may reach new heights by next week
- Fox 13 News--6PM
- Region 8 News at Six
- August 4: Good Morning Memphis 5:30am
- August 4: Fox 16 News at 6:00AM
- August 4: Good Morning Memphis 7am LIVE
- August 4: Good Morning Memphis 8am LIVE
- August 4: Good Morning Memphis 9am LIVE
- August 4: Fox 13 News 11am LIVE
- WREG: Number of kids with COVID has been rising for days, with school around the corner
- August 4: WREG News Channel 3 at 4:30
August 2, 2021
- Yellowhammer: UAH’s Baudry Lab part of efforts to target COVID with drug therapies
- Daily Memphian: Hospitalizations soar; ICUs could be full by mid-month
August 1, 2021
July 29, 2021
July 27, 2021
- MSNBC: 'Like being thirsty and not drinking,' doctor says of those opting out of vaccines
- Morning Joe
July 25, 2021
- WMC: Doctor pleads with unvaccinated Mid-Southerners
- WMC Action News 5 at 5:00pm Sunday
- WMC Action News 5 at 10:30PM
- WMC Action News 5 at 4:00 AM
- July 26: WMC Action News AM at 5:00AM
July 20, 2021
July 19, 2021
- MLK50: Health Department director nominee discusses COVID-19, goals for the county
- WREG: Emergency COVID-19 hospital in Memphis closes without ever treating a patient
- June 20: KAIT 8
- June 20: KFVS 12
- June 20: WREG
July 16, 2021
July 14, 2021
July 13, 2021
- Fox13: COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU beds on the rise in Mid-South
- July 14: Good Morning Memphis 5am
- July 14: Good Morning Memphis 5:30am
- July 14: Good Morning Memphis 6am LIVE
- July 14: Good Morning Memphis 7am LIVE
- July 14: Good Morning Memphis 8am LIVE
- July 14: Good Morning Memphis 9am LIVE
- July 14: Fox 13 News 11am LIVE
July 9, 2021
- WMC: COVID-19 deaths may be trending down, but opioid related deaths are not
- Region 8 News at Ten
- July 10: WMC Action News 5 at 6:00pm Saturday
- July 12: WMC Action News 5 at 4:30 AM
July 7, 2021
July 6, 2021
- Medpage Today: Did Fecal Transplant Stop COVID in Its Tracks?
June 29, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may provide immunity for years
June 23, 2021
June 14, 2021
- Daily Memphian: As COVID-19 pandemic eases, a host of medical challenges remain
June 10, 2021
June 9, 2021
June 3, 2021
- EurekAlert!: Athletic competition after COVID
- June 4: News-Medical
June 1, 2021
- Daily Memphian: In one form or another, COVID-19 probably here to stay
May 20, 2021
- WMC: Memphis, Shelby County mayors give big thanks to pandemic volunteers
- May 21: WMC Action News 5 at 4:30 AM
- Local Memphis: Volunteers still needed now and will be even more after the pandemic
May 19, 2021
- WBBJ: Le Bonheur, UT Health Sciences participating in pediatric antibody trial
- May 18: WMC Action News 5 at 4:00PM
- May 18: WMC Action News 5 at 5:00PM
- May 19: Fox 13 News--6PM
- May 20: Good Morning Memphis 5am
- May 20: Good Morning Memphis 6am LIVE
- May 20: Good Morning Memphis 7am LIVE
- May 20: Good Morning Memphis 8am LIVE
- May 20: Good Morning Memphis 9am LIVE
- May 21: Good Morning West Tennessee
- Local Memphis: Three UTHSC students who helped to open mass COVID-19 vaccination site in midtown
Memphis graduate
- Fox 13 News--4:30AM
- Good Morning Memphis 7am LIVE
May 14, 2021
- Frontiers in Medicine: Mortality Rate and Characteristics of Deaths Following COVID-19 Vaccination
May 13, 2021
- Daily Memphian: CDC guidelines prompt county to reconsider new directive
- Fox13: New health directive loosens restrictions, including mask-wearing
- Fox 13 News--5PM
- Fox 13 News--6PM
- Fox 13 News--10PM
- WMC: Shelby County officials urge kids 12-15 to get vaccinated for COVID-19
- May 14: WMC Action News 5 at 6:00PM
May 15: WMC Action News AM at 5:00AM
May 15: WMC Action News AM at 6AM
May 16: WMC Action News 5 at 10:30PM
May 17: WMC Action News 5 at 4:00 AM
- May 14: WMC Action News 5 at 6:00PM
May 11, 2021
- Daily Memphian: St. Jude unlocks gold mine of virus data
May 10, 2021
May 7, 2021
- WMC: UofM, UTHSC holding in-person graduations this weekend with COVID-19 restrictions
- May 6: Local 24 News Midday
- WMC Action News AM at 5:00AM
- WMC Action News AM at 6AM
May 4, 2021
- Commercial Appeal: Shelby County likely to drop mask mandate, business restrictions next week; issue recommendations
April 25, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Can an advocate reduce your COVID risk? UTHSC thinks so
April 21, 2021
- Fox13: Local doctors worry about vaccine hesitancy across the Mid-South
- April 21: Fox 13 News--9PM
April 20, 2021
April 18, 2021
- Daily Memphian: A fourth COVID surge would affect the young, workforce
April 14, 2021
April 12, 2021
- Fox13: People should not be afraid of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, UTHSC doctor
says
- Fox 13 News--9PM
- April 13: Good Morning Memphis 8am LIVE
April 6, 2021
- Fox13: Local health leaders warn of fourth COVID-19 surge with UK variant strain
- April 9: Daily Memphian
March 31, 2021
- Commercial Appeal: White House to open mass vaccination site in Memphis to combat racial disparities in distribution
March 26, 2021
- Commercial Appeal: For Memphis synagogue, Passover marks light from COVID-19 darkness
March 23, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Frequency of local UK variant doubles to 30% in weeks
- Fox13: National study shows 48% of healthcare workers haven’t been vaccinated yet
- WMC: COVID-19 task force discusses opening vaccines for all of Shelby County
March 20, 2021
March 19, 2021
- Commercial Appeal: A closer look: How two children received the COVID-19 vaccine in Memphis
March 18, 2021
- Commercial Appeal: A Shelby County health official claimed the CDC 'exonerates us.' Here are the facts.
- Fox13: Doctors concerned about potential Spring Break COVID surge as traveling increases again
- WMC: Investigators: Incident report details how two Memphis children received COVID-19
vaccinations
- WMC Action News 5 at 6:00PM
March 16, 2021
March 15, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Investigations find COVID doses were stable, safe
- Fox13: Local doctor doubtful of connection between pollen and COVID-19
March 12, 2021
- Yahoo! Canada: Boy in the Bubble Wouldn’t Survive Spring Break. Will She?
March 11, 2021
- Daily Memphian: UK strain of COVID-19 hit U of M athletics in February
March 10, 2021
March 9, 2021
- Daily Memphian: How an Indian immigrant became ‘the Dr. Fauci of Memphis’
March 8, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Herrington: 12 days that changed Memphis, 12 months later
- Daily Memphian: Beyond illness itself, pandemic poses problems for older people
- Daily Memphian: In about 30 minutes, pair score second dose at Pipkin Building
- Fox13: Doctors weigh in on what our future looks like after COVID-19
- Fox13: A YEAR LATER: The effects COVID-19 left on schools across the Mid-South
March 6, 2021
- Daily Memphian: COVID-19 vaccines administered more than double in past 2 weeks
March 5, 2021
- Inside Memphis Business: Healthcare CEOs on the Pandemic
- Fox13: Medical Experts worried about another COVID-19 spike
- Fox 13 News--9PM
- March 6: Good Morning Memphis 7am LIVE
- March 7: Good Morning Memphis 6am LIVE
- March 7: Good Morning Memphis 7am LIVE
- Fox13: After one year with COVID-19 in Shelby County, we remember what it was like the day the virus came to the Mid-South
March 1, 2021
- NBC News: Inside 'post-Covid' clinics: How specialized centers are trying to treat long-haulers
- Daily Memphian: Series of miscues led to Haushalter’s rapid fall from grace
- Local 24: "I think the public is going to be pleased" | City of Memphis begins first full week in control of vaccine operations
- WMC: City of Memphis prepares for influx of vaccine as another shot comes on the market
February 24, 2021
- American Medical Association: These medical student-led projects make an impact during pandemic
February 23, 2021
February 22, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Whitehaven vaccination site gives makeup shots over the weekend
February 19, 2021
- Memphis Business Journal: Tennessee hits last place in first doses distributed, as Dr. Manoj Jain says too much emphasis on second dose timing
February 18, 2021
- Commercial Appeal: Should I send my child back to in-person school? | A Q&A with Dr. Manoj Jain
- Daily Memphian: Isolation, snow punching COVID just when it’s weak
- Natural News: Hospitals are beginning to blame serious vaccine injuries on the deceased patient’s immune system
February 17, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Post-pandemic life: Is the mask here to stay?
February 16, 2021
- Daily Memphian: City will now manage Pipkin; other changes being implemented
- 1010 WCSI: Coronavirus-related syndrome possibly behind Tennessee doctor’s death
February 14, 2021
February 10, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Union, UTHSC may assist in vaccine distribution at suburban site
- WMC: Doctor with UTHSC says late second doses are still effective
- WMC Action News 5 at 4:00 AM
- Good Morning Region 8
- Commercial Appeal: Why it matters that a Brazilian variant has been detected in Shelby County
- Daily Memphian: Doctors suspect COVID delayed immune response in young surgeon’s death
- Local24: Two-thirds of Tennessee residents over 70 still need COVID-19 vaccinations
February 9, 2021
- Foreign Affairs: MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Cohen Announces Medical Research Grants
- Fox13: SCHD: Presumptive positive case of Brazilian variant found in Shelby County
- Fox 13 News--9PM
- WMC Action News 5 at 10:00PM
- February 10: Fox 13 News--4:30AM
- February 10: WREG News Channel 3 Live at 9
- Daily Memphian: Brazilian variant now also in county
February 8, 2021
- Daily Memphian: UTHSC plays key role in COVID vaccine research
- February 4: News 2 at 5pm
- Local 24: With concerns over effectiveness of vaccines on COVID-19 variants, it's unclear how Shelby County will be affected
- Daily Memphian: Vaccine volunteers talk about why and what they do
February 5, 2021
- Fox13: New research for AstraZeneca vaccine suggests delaying second shot by months, not weeks
- WREG: Shelby County lags state in vaccine distribution, according to state data
February 4, 2021
- Fox13: Doctors warn about post-COVID illness affecting children
- Commercial Appeal: What to know about the new variant coronavirus strain | Q&A with Dr. Manoj Jain
- Fox13: Younger adults are responsible for most of COVID-19 spread, study shows
February 3, 2021
- Local 24: Mid-south doctors fear COVID-19 cases could spike as UTHSC says contagious variant is now in Shelby County
- Local 24: ORNL and UT partner to create new at-home COVID-19 test that works like a whistle
February 2, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Strain found in Shelby County is UK variant, UTHSC says
- WDEF: Oak Ridge working on a Covid whistle
- 10 News Nightbeat
- FOX 43 News at 10
- February 3: FOX 43 News This Morning
- WDEF: "U.K. Strain" May Have Arrived in Shelby County
January 30, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Third day goes smoothly at Appling vaccination site
January 29, 2021
- Maryville Daily Times: New Study Confirms PhoneSoap ExpressPro Disinfection Technology Kills 99.99% of SARS-CoV-2
Virus
- Citizen Tribune
- Tullahoma News
- Frankfurt State Journal
- WVNews.com
- Tipp News Daily
- Herald Chronicle
- The Progress
- Valdosta Daily Times
- Washington Times Herald
- Ludington Daily News
- Idaho Press Tribune
- Elk Valley Times
- WAND 17
- Russellville Courier
- Herald Mail
- The News-Item
- Goshen News
- The Argus Press
- KULR
- Meridian Star
- Troy Record
- Idaho State Journal
- Fox 5 Vegas
- Citizen Tribune
- The Daily Advance
- The Daily Sentinel
- Greensburg Daily News
- Artesia Daily News
- The Register-Guard
- Manchester Times
- Pawtucket Times
- Clay Center Dispatch
- Post Register
- The Daily Review
- The Porterville Recorder
- Hometown Stations
- American Press
- Rocky Mount Telegram
- Impact 601
- GoSkagit
- Maryville Daily Times
- Reflector
- Union-Bulletin
- Bowling Green Daily News
- Atlantic News Telegraph
- Herald Bulletin
- Watertown Public Opinion
- The Saratogian
- The Oskaloosa Herald
- Calhoun Times
- Maryville Forum
- East Oregonian
- Central Utah Daily Herald
- Harrison Daily Times
- Ellensberg Daily Record
- Antigo Daily Journal
- Daily Journal
- Marion Chronicle Tribune
- Frankfort Times
- Watertown Daily Times
- Finger Lakes Times
- Gazette Xtra
- Digital Journal
- NewsPress Now
- Hastings Tribune
- Titusville Herald
- Cadillac News
- Santa Maria Times
- Send2Press Newswire
- Fox13: Wait times decreasing for COVID-19 vaccine in Shelby County
- Fox 13 News--6PM
- Fox 13 News--10PM
- WMC Action News 5 at 4:30 AM
- WMC Action News 5 at 10:00PM
- January 30: Good Morning Memphis 8am LIVE
- January 30: WMC Action News 5 at 5:00pm Saturday
January 28, 2021
- Daily Memphian: State working to open vaccine site with big box retailer
January 27, 2021
- The Daily Progress: The Ethical Life podcast: Were we too timid in testing coronavirus vaccines?
January 26, 2021
- Happi: Cars and COVID-19
January 25, 2021
- Local 24: UTHSC researchers play role in supporting development of COVID-19 vaccines
- Fox13: New CDC study shows COVID-19 rapid tests aren’t as accurate for asymptotic patients
- University Business: A look at one university’s key role in COVID vaccinations
January 23, 2021
January 22, 2021
- WMC: LeBonheur seeks to join COVID-19 vaccination trial for kids
- Daily Memphian: McGowen on COVID vaccine: ‘Send us as much as you can’
- Fox13: COVID’s toll on smell and taste: Mid-South doctors weigh in on what we know
January 21, 2021
January 19, 2021
- Fox13: Frayser breaks ground on first community garden
- Fox 13 News--5:30PM
- Fox 13 News--9PM
- January 20: Good Morning Memphis 5am
- Daily Memphian: Where, how you live matter when it comes to COVID-19
- Daily Memphian: Health Dept. will issue Health Directive No. 17 on Jan. 20
January 18, 2021
January 16, 2021
- Fox13: Substance abuse in the Mid-South grows amid pandemic, but there is help
- January 17: Good Morning Memphis 6am LIVE
- January 17: Good Morning Memphis 7am LIVE
January 15, 2021
- Fox13: UTHSC Pharmacy students assist with COVID-19 vaccination process
- Fox13: Deaths from COVID-19 are reducing life expectancy by about a year, study finds
- WMC: New research database helping cardiologists study COVID-19’s impact on collegiate
athletes’ hearts
- January 16: WMC Action News AM at 5:00AM
- January 16: WMC Action News AM at 6AM
- January 16: WMC Action News 5 Today
January 14, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Equity already issue in who’s getting vaccine; so is missing data on race
- The Tennessee Tribune: UTHSC’s Madlock-Brown Participating in National COVID Data Research Collaborative
- Memphis Business Journal: Vaccination stages taking longer in Shelby; next phase of restrictions unclear
January 13, 2021
- Memphis Flyer: We've Got a Shot: How Fast Can the Vaccine Get Us Back to Normal?
- Commercial Appeal: Coronavirus, vaccine status in Memphis: Death rate continues to accelerate
January 12, 2021
- WMC: UTHSC students to play major role in vaccine distribution
- WMC Action News 5 at 10:00PM
- January 13: WMC Action News 5 at 4:30 AM
- January 13: WMC Action News AM at 5:30AM
- January 13: WMC Action News AM at 6AM
January 11, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Local scientists, labs rushing to sequence UK variant
- Commercial Appeal: The worst of the Memphis COVID-19 pandemic could be the next 2-4 weeks
- Daily Memphian: Pipkin Building set up to vaccinate 80-100 per hour
- Daily Memphian: Health Dept. will announce when more COVID-19 vaccine appointments available
- Daily Memphian: What will history say about COVID vaccine delivery, administration?
January 10, 2021
- The Oregonian: What went wrong and how we fix it: Oregon’s sluggish rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations
January 9, 2021
- Fox13: 9 months and over 1,000 deaths later, FOX13 talks to family of first person to die
from COVID-19 in Shelby Co.
- Good Morning Memphis 8am LIVE
- Fox13 News—9PM
January 8, 2021
- EurekAlert!: Madlock-Brown participating in national COVID data research collaborative
- January 11: Bioengineer
January 7, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Efforts underway to create equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine
January 6, 2021
- Daily Memphian: Pipkin Building will be vaccination site through early summer
- Fox13: New studies show COVID-19 can damage the brain
- Fox 13 News--9PM
January 5, 2021
- Local24: Houston High student awarded $10,000 grant for COVID vaccine project!
- Local 24 News at 6
- Local 24 News at 10
- Memphis Magazine: The Memphians Cracking the Covid-19 Code
January 4, 2021
- The Washington Post: Young ER doctors risk their lives on the pandemic’s front lines. But they struggle to find jobs
- Fox13: Tennessee leads Mid-South for COVID-19 vaccination rate, according to nationwide tracker