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Trump administration blocked from cutting local health funding for Nashville and other municipalities

The Associated Press

June 18, 2025

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding for four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states. It’s the second such federal ruling to reinstate public health funding for several states.

Filed Under: Health Care, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Law, Metro Public Health Department, public health, Trump Administration

Tennessee is distributing $80 million in opioid settlement funds. Here’s what to know.

Catherine Sweeney

April 22, 2024

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Tennessee is one of many states that sued opioid manufacturers, distributors and marketers. The companies settled, and the state brought in hundreds of millions of dollars.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: addiction, Opioid Abatement Council, opioids, public health

Nashville health officials limit monkeypox vaccine to close contacts, for now

Blake Farmer

July 14, 2022

Tennessee National Guard vaccine

Nashville’s public health department is currently limiting monkeypox vaccine to those who are close contacts of the few confirmed cases.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Public Health Department, monkeypox, outbreak, public health

First case of monkeypox detected in Nashville. What to know and what to watch for.

Marianna Bacallao

July 7, 2022

monkeypox virus

The Metro Public Health Department says an individual tested positive after traveling out of the country, but the CDC will conduct another round of testing to confirm the results.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, don't panic, Metro Public Health, monkeypox, public health

Speakers at ‘health freedom’ conference push back on vaccines and mandates, drawing about 1,000 people

Paige Pfleger

October 22, 2021

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Attendees came from all over the country, as well as nearby, for the event. And despite clear signs throughout the hotel saying that unvaccinated people should wear masks inside the resort, none were.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-vaccine, misinformation, Opryland, public health, Tennessee Politics, vaccine hesitancy

Nashville Haunted Houses Open With Health Department’s Modifications, Like No Screaming

Blake Farmer

September 29, 2020

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2020 has been scary enough without haunted houses. But they’re finding ways to open this Halloween season, with modifications.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Dr. Michael Caldwell, haunted house, Nashville Nightmare, public health

Metro Closes Health Center After Testing Employee

Tony Gonzalez

July 12, 2020

A Nashville has temporarily closed one of its public health centers in response to an employee testing positive for the coronavirus.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Metro Public Health, public health

Nashville Requires Government Employees, Visitors At Metro Facilities To Wear Masks

Samantha Max

May 19, 2020

Nashville mask

Unmasked employees and visitors are officially barred from Nashville’s government buildings. That’s according to a new executive order from the mayor’s office, which requires anyone “inside any building or indoor space that is owned, managed, or leased” by Metro to wear a face covering.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, John Cooper, Metro Government, public health

Nashville Health Officials Dole Out Fines, Arrest In COVID-19 Enforcement

Samantha MaxandAlexis Marshall

May 11, 2020

As Nashville starts to reopen, the Metro Public Health Department says it’s taking enforcement seriously. This past weekend, the city made its first arrest for a violation of COVID-19 public health orders. A homeless man tried to escape a mandatory quarantine at the Nashville Fairgrounds emergency shelter, where more than 100 people have tested positive […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, homeless, Nashville Fairgrounds, public health

Nashville Will Launch Phase 1 Of Reopening Plan Monday

Samantha Max

May 7, 2020

Nashville will begin to ease some “Safer at Home” restrictions  Monday, even as new cases of the coronavirus continue to rise. Mayor John Cooper says the health benchmarks officials have been watching aren’t perfect, but that the city has earned a “passing grade” to start the first phase of Metro’s “Roadmap for Reopening.”

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, WPLN News Tagged With: Alex Jahangir, Coronavirus In Tennessee, John Cooper, public health

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