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Early studies suggest the monoclonal antibody infusions can reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations by up to 70%. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 5:14 PM CST January 13, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tennessee A new treatment center in the Mid-South is helping to keep patients with COVID-19, that are considered high-risk, from becoming very sick and ending up in the ICU.
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital opened what s called a monoclonal antibody infusion center last month.
Monoclonal antibodies are lab-made proteins that mimic the immune system to fight off viruses and are said to help people recover much faster. It was also one of the treatments President Donald Trump received after testing positive with COVID-19.
COVID-19 & the birth quake at Methodist Germantown Hospital
Why one nurse, and new mom, said moms-to-be should not be afraid to have their babies delivered at a hospital. Author: Local 24 Staff (Local 24) Published: 3:50 PM CST December 24, 2020 Updated: 6:32 PM CST December 24, 2020
GERMANTOWN, Tenn This year has had some difficult moments, but there were also some positives - including babies being born.
So much so that Methodist Germantown Hospital said they have noticed what they call a birth quake, with more women delivering at their birthing center.
Due to COVID-19, there were some changes to how deliveries are done.
One of the nurses went from working to being a patient when she delivered her son, Delta, last month. Here was her advice for new moms who are worried about giving birth during a pandemic.
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After returning from Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans earlier this year, Marilyn Davis became Shelby County’s patient zero or the first locally documented case of COVID-19 on March 8.
On Thursday, just over nine months later, she experienced another historic, pandemic milestone as she received one of the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doled out to Memphis-area hospitals for their frontline healthcare workers.
“I was nervous at first, I’ve never had this much attention,” Davis said at Baptist Memorial Hospital in East Memphis, where she works as a cardiac monitor technician. “I just want to be here to let people know that even though I survived this, I’d rather take this vaccine than go through what I went through again.”