The bright pink tour bus sitting right off Charlotte Avenue was hard to miss. It wasn’t carrying any famous musicians; it’s been turned into a portable mammogram clinic.
Report finds Hispanic Tennesseans are more likely to be uninsured and miss out on cancer screenings
A national report on racial disparities in health care finds that Hispanic Tennesseans were much less likely to access critical screenings such as mammograms.
Early detection can save lives for breast and cervical cancer patients. Uninsured Tennesseans can get tested for free.
Metro Public Health’s governing board is expected to sign off on another year of state funding for breast and cervical cancer screening this week.