Three years ago, Mason Lester, a rambunctious toddler, tumbled off his family’s porch and broke his wrist. His mother, nine months pregnant, rushed him to a nearby hospital, where she made a confounding discovery: Their health insurance had vanished.
With Roe v. Wade gone, we want to hear your stories about getting healthcare in Middle Tennessee
We want to hear your stories about life after Roe v. Wade. Have you faced any obstacles receiving reproductive care, including contraceptives? Have you had to travel out of state to receive abortion care? Are you currently pregnant and concerned about giving birth in Tennessee?
Vanderbilt reports a rare cluster of viral infections, likely linked to COVID precautions
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital has seen an unexplained cluster of viral infections in infants under three months old in what is likely one more example of COVID precautions changing how another virus spreads.
Metro Police warn dangerous fentanyl-laced drugs are everywhere downtown
Metro Police are warning that dangerous fentanyl is showing up in all kinds of street drugs, but especially cocaine that’s sold in downtown Nashville.
Tennessee’s full abortion ban will go into effect Aug. 25
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its judgement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Tuesday, the decision overturning Roe v. Wade. That starts the clock on Tennessee’s so-called trigger law.
More than 2,000 monkeypox vaccines have arrived in Tennessee. Now what?
Access to the monkeypox vaccine remains limited in Tennessee, despite more than 2,000 doses being delivered to the state.
Private takeover of struggling Houston County hospital approved by Tennessee AG
The Tennessee Attorney General has signed off on the sale of Houston County’s hospital to private investors in a letter dated July 19. The buyer, Florida-based Braden Health, has been snapping up several distressed or closed hospitals in the state.
After helping her husband through a mental health crisis, one Nashville woman wonders why help is so hard to find
We want to believe that there is going to be help when we need it. That when we call for help for a family member in an emergency, it’s all going to work out. But for Ellie Kane, it wasn’t so simple.
In Middle Tennessee, several hospitals are still haunted by a failed billing scheme
Part of Perry Community Hospital’s financial collapse was due to losing a contract with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, which is still demanding the hospital pay back $5 million in overbilling for inflated lab testing.
Nashville health officials limit monkeypox vaccine to close contacts, for now
Nashville’s public health department is currently limiting monkeypox vaccine to those who are close contacts of the few confirmed cases.
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