A review of Nashville’s pandemic response gives the city high marks for how it handled COVID-19, but it finds room to improve coordination with the rest of the state.
Dozens of companies will no longer be allowed to mandate vaccines in Tennessee
Several dozen Tennessee companies and institutions that were requiring employee vaccinations will no longer be allowed to enforce such rules. The change was announced Wednesday by the state comptroller and comes in response to a pair of federal court rulings the day before.
COVID numbers have been creeping up in Tennessee — since even before people got together for Thanksgiving
The COVID trend lines are inching up in Tennessee again. Cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, and the effects from Thanksgiving haven’t yet been felt.
Tennessee health care company wins a round in multi-state fight with insurer over ER doctor pay
A Tennessee-based company that operates one out of every six emergency rooms nationwide has convinced a jury that its doctors in Las Vegas were underpaid by more than $10 million. TeamHealth’s case is part of a much larger legal battle against the country’s largest health insurer.
A thousand Tennessee families are benefiting from new medical coverage for middle class households, and there’s no waiting list
Under a new TennCare program meant for middle and upper-income families, more than a thousand Tennessee children have signed up for coverage. But a year into the state’s Katie Beckett waiver, there’s still no waiting list.
Happy Thanksgiving, Meharry students: You’re all getting $10,000 this week from COVID relief money.
Meharry Medical College notified its students on Monday that everyone will be receiving $10,000 in cash on Wednesday, as they leave for Thanksgiving break.
Vanderbilt revives PPE tracking project sidelined by the Trump administration
Vanderbilt has received funding to study how hospitals snatched up and burned through personal protective equipment early in the pandemic. At the time, public health officials thought some hospitals were hoarding supplies, but they didn’t know who.
Tennessee’s official COVID emergency ends after 20 months. Here’s what that means.
Tennessee’s state of emergency, which has been in place for nearly 20 months because of the coronavirus, will be allowed to expire Friday night. Gov. Bill Lee says he’s not renewing it but would consider reinstating it if the state sees future surges.
Kid COVID shots have arrived in rural Tennessee counties, but hardly anyone is getting them
Quite a few Tennessee counties are still reporting almost no children under 12 taking the newest COVID vaccine. Through Tuesday evening, 18 counties had yet to report giving a single dose.
‘Love Thy Neighbor’: New church-led vaccine effort brings out over 150 for COVID shots
People got their first, second or booster COVID-19 vaccinations this Saturday at Love Thy Neighbor’s first-ever drive at Born Again Church.
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