Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis told ABC24 it is seeing an uptick in RSV cases in children, and that’s on top of treating patients with influenza.
The first known COVID-19 vaccination in Tennessee came from an unexpected source.
Dr. William Polk, 62, a Nashville surgeon, received the first dose of vaccine Wednesday afternoon at Clinical Research Associates, a Nashville business that for months has collected data as part of the Pfizer clinical trial. It is the first known coronavirus vaccination publicly reported in Tennessee since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer vaccine Friday.
“Basically, I think it’s a fantastic first step,” Polk said Wednesday, dressed in scrubs, moments after he received the injection. “I think that right now we lead the nation, or are second in the nation in new coronavirus cases, and until the vaccine is widespread, we have to keep our guard up.”