A woman from East Nashville hospitalized with severe blood clots is believed to be one of the handful suffering from the syndrome after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. The case was reported Wednesday in the Nashville Scene.
Nashville Vaccination Site Switches From Johnson & Johnson To Pfizer After FDA ‘Pause’
Nashville’s new drive-thru vaccination site near Antioch is going to switch from the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot to Pfizer, the city announced Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration has recommended a nationwide pause on using the J&J vaccine because of half a dozen cases of blood clots. In response to the news from the […]
Vanderbilt Launches Clinic For People With Chronic COVID Symptoms
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is launching a clinic to treat people with chronic COVID symptoms. Similar programs are popping up around the country for so-called “long-haulers,” since symptoms can persist for as many as half of COVID patients.
Outdoor Masking No Longer Required In Nashville
Masks are no longer required outdoors in Nashville, though it was always a difficult requirement to enforce.
Prisons Are Making People Sick — And Not Just Those Behind Bars
At first, Dawn Harrington blamed herself when her younger brother went to prison. She questioned whether she’d been a good influence. She developed anxiety, then fell into a deep depression.
COVID Testing Center In Southeast Nashville Transitions To Vaccination Site
Nashville will convert its site at the former Kmart on Murfreesboro Road into a vaccination center. That means it will be closed Friday before reopening Monday for appointment-based vaccinations.
Requirement To Bury Or Cremate Fetal Remains Headed Toward Passage In Tennessee
One anti-abortion proposal appears to be on the way toward becoming law this year in Tennessee. It’s based on an Indiana law that’s already been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, requiring aborted fetuses to be buried or cremated.
Nashville Health Agencies To Take COVID Vaccine To Homeless Camps
Every homeless person living in Nashville should have the option to get a COVID vaccine in the next two months. Health organizations are going to be taking doses to known camps and gathering places.
Vanderbilt’s ‘Dixie Place’ Renamed After Surgical Pioneer With No Formal Medical Degree
A student-led effort has led to the street being renamed after a pioneering, Black instructor of surgery.
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