More than 260 cases of whooping cough have been reported this year in Tennessee. That’s an almost three-fold increase over last year. Federal health officials recommend that children should be vaccinated for pertussis by the time they’re 3. In Tennessee and most other states, only 80 percent of children are getting the vaccine in that time frame.
Study: Tennessee’s Obesity Rate Could Climb to 63 % by 2030.
The Annual “F as in Fat” report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust For America’s Health looked at data from the last two decades to predict future trends.
On Air - 90.3 WPLN-FM