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COVID

Norovirus joins respiratory infections in Tennessee’s winter case surge

Catherine Sweeney

January 9, 2025

Flu, COVID-19 and RSV started surging in November and haven’t let up, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But an achy throat and cough aren’t the only symptoms to look out for. Norovirus — which hits the digestive system — is spreading throughout the country.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, COVID-19, Flu, norovirus, RSV

NashVillager Podcast: Where public opinion and public health collide

Nina Cardona

September 23, 2024

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Why didn’t the pandemic produce a modern-day figure like Typhoid Mary? Plus the local news for September 23, 2024.

Filed Under: Health Care, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, pandemic

From pandemic to protests, the Class of 2024 has been through a lot

Tovia Smith, NPR

May 23, 2024

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Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, COVID-19, graduation, pandemic, Tullahoma

Tennessee Republicans are making permanent a rule to shield businesses from COVID-related litigation

Blake Farmer

February 14, 2023

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Tennessee Republicans are taking temporary rules and making them permanent to try to shield businesses from COVID-related litigation, along with other COVID-era protections. The legislation is moving quickly, and with little debate.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, hospitals

Living with long COVID in Middle Tennessee

Rose Gilbert

January 12, 2023

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In this episode, we talk to two Tennesseans who are living with COVID and medical professionals to better understand what this condition is and available treatment. 

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Programs Tagged With: COVID, COVID long-haulers, COVID-19

Do you have long COVID? We want to hear from you.

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

January 5, 2023

Hospital room

Most people recover after falling ill with COVID-19. But for some, their symptoms continue or even new health problems appear weeks or months after testing positive for the virus. Not much is known about long COVID, including how many people it effects or how to treat it. The symptoms of long COVID can range from […]

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Health Care, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, COVID long-haulers

Nashville winds down COVID testing, vaccination and data publishing

Blake Farmer

December 20, 2022

vaccination event Nashville

COVID testing and vaccines will be a little harder to come by in Nashville starting in January as Metro discontinues its so-called “strike team.”

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, COVID, Metro Public Health Department

Omicron-targeting COVID boosters now available in Middle Tennessee

Alexis Marshall

September 9, 2022

Songwriter Melody Walker approaches the pharmacy counter at a Walgreens in East Nashville. She’s excited to get her omicron-targeting COVID booster before attending AmericanaFest.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: booster shot, coronavirus vaccine, COVID, COVID-19

As Nashville gets down to its last federal COVID money, homelessness and workforce development are the city’s top priorities

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 31, 2022

Metro Councilmember Courtney Johnston

Nashville just has over $79 million of federal COVID-19 funds left to spend. 

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, COVID-19, pandemic

As COVID cases rise again, Tennessee is ‘trying to develop a truce with this virus’

Blake Farmer

May 26, 2022

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COVID is creeping back up in Tennessee. From positivity rates to hospitalizations — the numbers are heading in the wrong direction. But this is not a new variant, but rather a new round of slightly mutated omicron.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, COVID, COVID-19

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