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Michael Caldwell

Metro Health Board Forces Director To Resign Over HR Findings Of Sexism

By Blake Farmer

December 10, 2020

Dr. Michael Caldwell speaks in front of a Tennessee Titans mural.

Dr. Michael Caldwell apologized and accepted that he has work to do with what he described as “unconscious bias” toward women. But the Metro Board of Health decided the director of the city’s Public Health Department could not regain the confidence of his 700 employees.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, Metro Tagged With: Metro Public Health, Michael Caldwell

Here’s Where COVID-19 Is Spreading In Nashville

By Blake Farmer

October 15, 2020

School-age children have become a big driver in Nashville’s increasing coronavirus infection rate, with the number of cases among kids and teenagers nearly doubling in recent weeks.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, John Cooper, Michael Caldwell

Nashville’s Lower Broadway Was So Packed Over Labor Day, The City Let People Party In The Streets

By Blake Farmer

September 7, 2020

social distancing Lower Broadway

On Friday and Saturday nights, thousands of people packed the sidewalks waiting to get into honky tonks, where strict capacity limits are in place because of COVID-19. So on Sunday, the city closed the street to give them space for queuing up.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, Metro Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, downtown Nashville, Lower Broadway, Michael Caldwell

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