A Nashville hospital is publicly acknowledging medication errors that critically impacted four patients, and announcing internal changes.
People with disabilities say Medicaid income limits can stifle career advancement
Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they’d like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much.
A court is deciding whether Tennessee’s execution methods violate Christa Pike’s rights. Hearings are underway.
Days before Tennessee’s next execution, a court is considering whether the state’s execution methods violate another death row inmate’s rights.
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
Rates are now the highest they’ve been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
Doctors shouldn’t serve as executioners, Tennessee physicians say
Yet another group is calling for a death penalty moratorium after the failed execution of Tony Carruthers in May. This time, it’s doctors and nurses.
After concerning audit, Nashville mulls more oversight of opioid settlement funds
Nashville has received more than $13 million dollars from opioid makers, sellers and marketers. This summer, the city released an unflattering internal audit of the how the settlement funds are being used.
Keeping an eye on the water, new YMCA technology can help swimmers in distress
A new drowning detection system in Middle Tennessee pools will help lifeguards aid those in need.
Tennessee hunger relief groups say food insecurity has gone up this summer
Some groups addressing hunger in west Tennessee have noticed an increase in demand for assistance to help feed kids in the region.
FDA panel on peptides will include experts who promote the unproven chemicals favored by RFK Jr.
The FDA will meet to consider easing restrictions on several peptides, a group of unapproved drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. One panel member is Bobby Harshbarger, a Tennessee state senator who has multiple connections to the industry.
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