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.
Tennesseans are imagining a post-Roe state. Some say we’re already living in it.
Tennessee has limited availability, a mandatory 48-hour waiting period and mandated counseling. The longer someone waits for an abortion, the more expensive it can become.
Tennessee abortion access — experts answer your questions
The impending reversal of Roe v. Wade generated a wave of questions.
In Tennessee, your opioid prescription will soon come with an offer for overdose reversal meds
Opioid prescriptions in Tennessee will soon come with an offer for overdose reversal medication. A new state law awaiting Gov. Bill Lee’s signature requires physicians to be more frank about the risks associated with painkillers.
7 Tennessee children identified as part of mysterious outbreak of severe liver disease
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital has treated several patients with liver disease of unknown origin.
Here’s who currently gets abortions in Tennessee and why equity concerns abound with a looming ban
The number of abortions carried out in Tennessee has been dropping for the last decade as Republicans have imposed more restrictions. At this point, Black women account for roughly half of all the state’s abortions, driving equity concerns as an all-out ban looms.
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