Tennessee Republicans banned public universities from requiring COVID shots. But one is at least offering cash incentives to improve the campus vaccination rate.
Bonnaroo Music Festival To Require Proof Of Vaccination Or Negative COVID Test For Entry
Bonnaroo joined several of Nashville’s independent music venues, as well as other festivals like Pitchfork Music Festival, in putting in place more COVID restrictions.
Nashville’s Independent Venues Band Together On New COVID Rules
Some of Nashville’s most well-known independent music venues will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for entry.
In Tennessee Nursing Homes, Staffers Are Now The Ones Getting COVID
The people getting sick with COVID in Tennessee nursing homes has flipped: Instead of residents falling ill, now it’s mostly the staff.
Tennessee COVID Hospitalizations Up Six-Fold, With Memphis On Track To Surpass Winter Surge
COVID hospitalizations have now spiked six-fold in Tennessee over the last month. And Memphis, which saw the state’s first delta variant cases, is projected to surpass the hospital totals from the worst of the winter surge.
Spread Of The Delta Variant Has More Tennesseans Getting COVID Vaccines
As COVID infections spread in Tennessee, the state’s Department of Health says more people are getting vaccinated. After months of declines, the number of vaccinations jumped more than 20% last week.
Tennessee’s Science Museums Promoting, ‘Not Pushing,’ Vaccination In August
The state’s six nonprofit science museums have jointly decided to promote vaccines this August during National Immunization Awareness Month. The Science Alliance of Tennessee’s initiative is intentionally broader than COVID to sidestep the politics of the pandemic.
Tennessee Doctors Urge Political Leaders To Consider Kids First In Latest COVID Response
With school starting for most in the next two weeks, Tennessee doctors are raising concerns about the Delta variant’s spread, as kids under 12 are the only people left who still don’t have an option to vaccinate and fatal cases of the virus continue to rise in children.
CDC Urges More Masking, But A New Mandate Is Not In The Works For Nashville
Some places, like Los Angeles and Kansas City are already reinstating mask mandates as the delta variant of the coronavirus takes hold. But in Nashville, that’s not in the cards.
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