One case found at the university led to 29 mutant strains cases. On Feb. 20 we saw our last case of the mutant UK strain on campus. In the following weeks over a thousand tests have been negative. We are entering a new phase of our war against the COVID-19 virus in Shelby County. With […]
How testing and contact tracing protected University of Memphis students from COVID-19 mutant strains | Opinion – Commercial Appeal
March 23, 2021 by
Search and ye shall find: testing, sequencing and the search for variant coronavirus cases | Opinion – Commercial Appeal
March 4, 2021 by
Over two millennia ago, the great Greek tragedian Sophocles said “Look and you will find it – what is unsought will go undetected.” This holds true today. In the Memphis regional area, local laboratory directors looked. We conducted COVID-19 testing with sequencing to identify mutant strains, and we found them. Since Jan. 1, we sequenced […]
Meningitis Vaccine for Teenagers – shelby Sun
January 1, 2005 by
Our pediatrician poked a pen in my teenage daughter’s arm and said “That’s how much it will hurt, or I will give you ten dollars” He was talking about the meningitis vaccine. Meningitis is an infection of the fluid surrounding the spinal cord, and can be caused by bacteria or virus. Often patients complain of […]
