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August 08, 2016 10:34 ET | Source: The University of Tennessee Medical Center

The University of Tennessee Medical Center Celebrates Sixty Years

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 8, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the morning of August 9, 1956, ambulances transferred patients from Knoxville General Hospital to the newly built state-of-the-art and air...
July 28, 2016 09:42 ET | Source: The University of Tennessee Medical Center

UT Medical Center Announces Published Research Showing Evidence of Vast Hepatitis C Virus Transmission via Snorting Straws

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Officials with The University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) have announced evidence that the sharing of snorting utensils, such as straws, when...
June 23, 2016 11:09 ET | Source: The University of Tennessee Medical Center

US Surgeon General Visits UT Medical Center, Discusses Opioid Epidemic

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 23, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy met with doctors, lawmakers and a host of clinicians and other community leaders at The University of...
September 26, 2012 11:01 ET | Source: The University of Tennessee Medical Center

Longtime University of Tennessee Medical Center Leader to Retire

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Norman Majors, a longtime administrator at The University of Tennessee Medical Center, will retire at the end of the year, announced medical center...