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HealthQ: What to know when AI joins your next doctor’s appointment

By Katherine Ruppelt, Cara AnthonyandBlake Farmer

March 27, 2026

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Your doctor might ask to have an AI tool listen during your next appointment. Here’s what to know.

Filed Under: Health Care, HealthQ Tagged With: AI, AI Scribe, Health Care

Bill to track transgender Tennesseans passes the House

By Marianna Bacallao

March 26, 2026

The state House passed legislation Thursday that would compile data on trans Tennesseans.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, anti-lgbt legislaton, Dahron Anneliese Johnson, gender-affirming care, Jeremy Faison, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Equality Project, tnleg, tnpol, transgender, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, VUMC

A professor’s quest to bring music and medicine together in the ICU

By Blake Farmer

March 25, 2026

Omar on sax and Charles on bass
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Music therapy has been broadly adopted in healthcare, but live performances rarely make their way into an intensive care unit. Dr. Joseph Schlesinger is hoping to change that.

Filed Under: Features, Health Care Tagged With: Health Care, ICU

What to know about the flurry of CVS pharmacy ads in Tennessee

By Catherine Sweeney

March 20, 2026

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A pharmacy chain is ringing alarm bells, saying a bill could shutter pharmacies. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that’s fear-mongering.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Aftyn Behn, Bobby Harshbarger, CVS, Fair RX act, ferrell haile, pharmacy, prescription drugs

HealthQ: Losing weight on a GLP-1 isn’t just about getting a shot

By Emily Siner, Cara AnthonyandBlake Farmer

March 20, 2026

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Severe ankle pain drove Jelon Smart to start taking a weight loss injection a year and a half ago.

Filed Under: Health Care, HealthQ

HealthQ: Even with dental insurance, you still could face a large bill

By Katherine Ruppelt, Cara AnthonyandBlake Farmer

March 13, 2026

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Russell Anthony made eight trips to the dentist last year. The 65-year-old retiree in Nashville, Tennessee, hopes to go less often in 2026, but he’s already made a few visits. “I had a root canal just last week that was like $500,” he said. “The week before that, I had a crown that cost me […]

Filed Under: Health Care, HealthQ Tagged With: Health Care

Artificial food dyes banned from Tennessee school meals as lawmakers advance MAHA policy

By Catherine Sweeney

March 11, 2026

Tennessee lawmakers have banned a long list of synthetic dyes in school meals.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, health policy, MAHA, Make America Healthy Again, Robert F. Kennedy, school meals

HealthQ: Is it worth your time and money to set up an HSA?

By Blake Farmer, Cara AnthonyandEmily Siner

March 6, 2026

Image of a website on a computer screen with headline "Understanding Health Savings accounts"

When Mike McKee thinks about saving money for the future, he has a few priorities. Maxing out his retirement is one. Building up his kid’s college fund is another. Opening up a health savings account? Not so much, even though he qualifies because of his high-deductible health plan. “I’m so frustrated with the system that […]

Filed Under: Health Care, HealthQ Tagged With: Healthcare

The redemption story of RaDonda Vaught

By Blake Farmer

March 2, 2026

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It started with one request to speak to a group of risk analysts. Former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught reluctantly told her story on a stage for the first time — she was still on probation from her felony conviction. “It was emotionally overwhelming and a little cathartic, but I’m gonna tell you, you could have […]

Filed Under: Health Care, Profiles Tagged With: RaDonda Vaught

GOP state lawmakers push Tennessee to take federal summer food aid for kids

By Pierce Gentry, WUOT

February 19, 2026

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Tennessee is considering a bill which would require DHS to take nearly $80 million in federal aid each year to help kids afford food in the Summer after outcry from county mayors and community members.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: EBT, food insecurity, Tennessee Summer Nutrition Initiative

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