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Health

Spring Hill doesn’t have a full-service hospital. That’s about to change.

Catherine Sweeney

June 28, 2024

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Spring Hill’s population has been surging. It jumped by more than 5% from 2020 to 2021, which put it in the top 10 fastest growing cities in the country.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: HCA TriStar, hospitals, Spring Hill

‘Dust off that mask.’ New COVID-19 variants renew risk for vulnerable Tennesseans

Catherine Sweeney

June 27, 2024

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COVID-19 infections are ticking back up. New variants and seasonal trends are making the virus spread a bit more.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News

NashVillager Podcast: The ongoing troubles at Community Health Systems

Nina Cardona

June 26, 2024

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Is a major Midstate hospital chain done downsizing yet? Plus the local news for June 26, 2024.

Filed Under: Health Care, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: HCA, hospitals, rural health, rural hospitals

Tennessee is sued over law that criminalizes helping minors get abortions without

Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

June 25, 2024

A Tennessee state Democratic lawmaker and reproductive rights activist have filed a lawsuit challenging a new statute designed to ban adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Aftyn Behn, First Amendment, Jason Zachary, Roe v. Wade

U.S. Supreme Court to hear gender-affirming care case from Tennessee

Marianna Bacallao

June 24, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about whether restrictions limiting gender-affirming care for minors are constitutional.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, gender-affirming care, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee abortions after Tennessee’s abortion ban

Nina Cardona

June 24, 2024

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What did Tennessee’s abortion ban actually change? Plus the local news for June 24, 2024.

Filed Under: Health Care, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Dobbs v Jackson, Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court

Most Tennesseans pursuing abortion care head to Illinois or North Carolina

Catherine Sweeney

June 19, 2024

Tennessee residents have been traveling out of state for abortion care since the state’s ban went into effect. A new study looks at where they tend to go.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Choices, Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers

Claire Savage, APandAlexandra Olson, AP

June 17, 2024

A lawsuit challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, abortion rights, Associated Press

U.S. Senate Committee finds Vanderbilt ‘failed’ responsibility to transgender patients’ privacy

Marianna Bacallao

June 12, 2024

VUMC Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University Medical Center did not do enough to protect the privacy of its transgender patients when Tennessee’s attorney general requested copies of their medical records, a U.S. Senate Finance Committee report found.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, transgender, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, VUMC

Mobile mammogram unit aims to serve hard-to-reach pockets of Nashville

Catherine Sweeney

June 11, 2024

The bright pink tour bus sitting right off Charlotte Avenue was hard to miss. It wasn’t carrying any famous musicians; it’s been turned into a portable mammogram clinic.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: breast cancer, mammograms

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