Pesticide companies are among the wealthiest corporations in the world. Take Bayer: The chemical and pharmaceutical corporation made about half of its $50 billion revenue last year from pesticide and seed sales.
A fossil fuel may be rebranded ‘renewable energy’ under proposed Tennessee law
Tennessee may become the first state to legally define gas as “renewable energy.” State law currently defines natural gas as “clean energy.”
Tennessee’s medical research is in limbo while the Trump administration considers illegal budget cuts
The Trump administration announced it would make major cuts to National Institutes of Health grants. Tennessee gets around $700 million a year in NIH funding. The money goes to universities, hospitals and biomedical companies.
Tennessee ranks 4th for rural hospitals dropping cancer services. Here’s how that affects patients.
Carla Rider is sitting with her mother-in-law at a table in the common area. It has a kitchen with several stoves, stainless steel refrigerators and sinks. A few travel-size cereal boxes lie around for the taking.
About half of Tennessee’s rural hospitals have dropped chemotherapy over the past decade
The drop in chemotherapy services is especially concerning because of Tennessee’s high cancer rates, as an estimated 43,000 residents will get a diagnosis this year.
Should environmental racism be a factor in allowing industries to pollute? Tennessee’s attorney general says no.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a petition last week to prevent EPA from considering race when regulating pollution.
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.
Doctors must deliver more bad news to patients, as a worldwide cancer drug shortage hits Nashville
Two of the most common chemotherapy drugs — including the only drug known to cure testicular cancer — are in short supply. It means oncologists are having to ration drugs and tweak treatment plans.
The latest ‘forever chemical’ PFAS lawsuit is coming from Tennessee
Manufacturers buried evidence of harm. Health studies flagged cancer risks. Citizens reported contamination. Then, states started suing.
First Ukrainian child cancer patients fly to St. Jude in Memphis as part of mass evacuation
Four Ukrainian children being treated for cancer have been flown to Memphis for care. They’re the first to take medical transports to the U.S. as part of a war evacuation coordinated by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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