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COVID-19

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

Alcohol use disorder has surged in Tennessee. Patients and doctors point to the pandemic.

Catherine Sweeney

May 26, 2024

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By every metric, alcohol use began surging in the pandemic and hasn’t stopped.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: addiction, alcohol use disorder, COVID-19, Cumberland Heights, opioid use disorder, pandemic, recovery, Vanderbilt Medical Center

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

Revisiting long COVID in Middle Tennessee

Elizabeth Burton

July 6, 2023

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Many people, media outlets and even major health organizations have deemed the COVID-19 pandemic a thing of the past. But for those living with Long Covid, that’s far from true.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: COVID long-haulers, COVID-19, pandemic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Living with long COVID in Middle Tennessee

Rose Gilbert

January 12, 2023

Hospital room
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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

Why Marsha Blackburn is still pushing to drop COVID vaccine mandate for the military

Blake Farmer

December 7, 2022

Spc. Lorrin Rice

Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is helping lead an effort to reverse the mandate that servicemembers get the COVID vaccine. Republicans pushed for the concession in exchange for their votes on the defense spending bill that has to pass by the end of the year. Their suggested language was included in the text of the bill […]

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, Marsha Blackburn, Military

A long COVID patient in Hendersonville shows just how little is known about treatment

Blake Farmer

November 14, 2022

Rick Lucas
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Medical equipment is still strewn around the house of Rick Lucas, 62, who has been home from the hospital nearly two years. He picks up a spirometer, which measures his lung capacity, and takes a deep breath, though not as deep as he’d like.

Filed Under: Coronavirus In Depth, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID long-haulers, COVID-19

Tennessee test scores dropped in the Nation’s Report Card. A Metro math teacher shares what that looks like in his classroom.

Alexis Marshall

November 2, 2022

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Jeremiah Wooten teaches eighth grade math at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Antioch. Earlier this year, some of his students participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation’s Report Card.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: COVID-19, disparities, Education, K-12, Metro Nashville Public Schools, pandemic

COVID vaccine events in Nashville have slowed — but not stopped

Blake Farmer

October 25, 2022

St James vaccine clinic

The Metro Public Health Department closed its drive-thru vaccination sites over the summer, but some community groups, like FiftyForward and key houses of worship, continue to host smaller vaccine events that remain free and open to the public.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, St. James Missionary Baptist Church

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

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