Shareholders of Franklin-based Community Health Systems accuse the for-profit hospital chain of downplaying its precarious finances and even hiding its troubles through accounting tricks.
Vanderbilt is the latest target in a far-right campaign against transgender health clinics
A far-right podcaster who has been leading a campaign against Boston Children’s Hospital for providing gender affirming care has now turned the sights of conservatives on a similar clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Congressional leader requests an investigation into HCA’s hospital admission practices
Nashville-based HCA, the nation’s largest private health system, has faced years of scrutiny from a powerful labor union over how it runs its emergency departments. And now Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat from New Jersey, is calling for a federal investigation and asking questions of his own.
Sen. Graham’s proposed federal abortion ban would still allow for stricter bans like Tennessee’s
The federal abortion restrictions proposed this week by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham would still allow Tennessee’s all-out ban to be enforced. The 15-week restriction would just be the starting point.
Nashville expands eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine with smaller dosing
Infectious disease experts recommend that gay and bi men, and other high-risk groups get the monkeypox vaccine. But the general population can avoid the vaccine for now because of how the virus is spread.
Omicron-targeting COVID boosters now available in Middle Tennessee
Songwriter Melody Walker approaches the pharmacy counter at a Walgreens in East Nashville. She’s excited to get her omicron-targeting COVID booster before attending AmericanaFest.
The TBI won’t be backing off cannabis even as some prosecutors ignore state law
Tennessee’s main crime lab is still very much treating marijuana like a dangerous drug. And state law enforcement has no plans to back off even as some prosecutors look the other way.
Tennessee just started distributing fentanyl test strips, and even the top cop likes the early results
The state’s agency overseeing substance abuse is finding the drug-checking kits are more effective than expected.
Hookah and cannabis are holding up Nashville’s smoking ban in bars
A Metro Council proposal to ban smoking and vaping, even in 21-and-up bars, makes an exception for cigar bars. But hookah lounges and a new cannabis restaurant could be forced to change their businesses if the ordinance passes.
For years, teens came to Nashville to ask for a judge’s permission to get abortions instead of telling their parents. That’s done, leaving ‘zero options.’
For years in Tennessee, teens have traveled to Nashville to get a judge’s approval for an abortion, instead of asking their parents. But that’s no longer an option, and that leaves young people with few places to turn.
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