Following traumatic mass casualty events, like school shootings, Dr. Jessika Boles, a child life specialist at Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, advises creating a safe space for children to freely ask questions and share their feelings.
Nashville health officials want more people carrying Narcan as overdoses spike, but how?
Public health officials are encouraging more Tennessee residents to carry the overdose reversal drug naloxone because of a sharp rise in drug deaths. But acquiring doses of the pricey Narcan nasal spray takes some maneuvering.
Tennessee OB-GYNs say state’s looming abortion ban threatens treatment for miscarriages
Tennessee’s trigger ban would outlaw virtually all abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned, except if the life of the mother is in jeopardy. But OB-GYNs say the law could also complicate care for miscarriages.
Nashville honors Dr. Josie Wells, who helped lead Meharry before women could vote
Nashville officials are dedicating a historical marker on the campus of Meharry Medical College Friday to honor one of the first women to get her medical degree from the historically Black institution.
This rural Tennessee county was a vaccine success story. Not anymore.
At a glance, it seemed like a Southern pandemic success story in a most unlikely place. A small county northeast of Chattanooga, along the twisting banks of Chickamauga Lake, for much of the past year has reported the highest covid-19 vaccination rate in Tennessee and one of the highest in the South. Meigs County, which […]
Meharry and Tennessee’s transplant agency team up as HBCUs focus on disparities in organ donation
Nashville’s Meharry Medical College is partnering with Tennessee’s organ donation agency for a pilot program focused on increasing diversity in the field of organ transplant. It’s part of a national initiative announced earlier this month.
A Tennessee pediatrician’s advice on the baby formula shortage
“I’m overwhelmed and really stressed,” says Kaitlyn Key, a new mom from Springfield. “I can’t produce enough breast milk, and now, I can’t find the food that my child needs because it’s gone.”
Abortion rights activists march in Nashville’s ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ rally
Abortion rights activists gathered Saturday in downtown Nashville to demonstrate as part of the “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies in about 380 locations nationwide.
No prison time for RaDonda Vaught, former Vanderbilt nurse convicted of fatal drug error
RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error and whose trial became a rallying cry for nurses fearful of the criminalization of medical mistakes, will not be required to spend any time in prison.
RaDonda Vaught sentencing has nurses nationwide on edge
On Friday morning, former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught learns whether she will go to jail for a deadly medical error. And nurses from around the country plan to protest outside the courthouse.
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