COVID

Meharry Medical College CEO James Hildreth Discusses Health Disparities and Pandemic Response in Nashville Health Care Council's HEALTH CARE BRASS TAC

Oct 26, 2020 at 09:17 am by Staff

On October 20, the Nashville Health Care Council hosted a member discussion with Dr. James Hildreth, president and CEO of Meharry Medical College, the nation's largest private.... Read More

ACEP Rebuts President Trump's False Statements about Overcounting COVID-19 Deaths

Oct 26, 2020 at 09:09 am by Staff

In response to President Trump's baseless claims about physicians miscounting deaths due to COVID-19, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) released the followin.... Read More

State Rolls Out Vaccine Distribution Plan

Oct 21, 2020 at 03:42 pm by Staff

Oct. 21 ... The Tennessee Department of Health today announced the state's infrastructure plan for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines once they become available. TDH in coordin.... Read More

TDH Launches New COVID-19 Website

Oct 20, 2020 at 01:37 pm by Staff

Oct. 20 ... The Tennessee Department of Health and Tennessee's Unified Command Group today announced the launch of a new website to provide COVID-19 data, additional health in.... Read More

COVID Update 10/19

Oct 19, 2020 at 01:52 pm by Staff

It's been five days since we last shared numbers, and things are getting dicey across the country. Having not gotten the spread under control while the weather was warm, infec.... Read More

COVID Update 10/14

Oct 14, 2020 at 02:16 pm by Staff

COVID-19 activity is picking up across the state, including in Davidson County. While today saw an increase of 128 cases, reports of new cases on both Monday and Tuesday toppe.... Read More

COVID-19 Long-Acting Antibodies Discovered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center Move to Phase 3 Clinical Trials

Oct 13, 2020 at 02:27 pm by Staff

AstraZeneca is advancing into phase 3 clinical trials with an investigational COVID-19 therapy of two long-acting antibodies discovered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center.... Read More

AMA announces new CPT codes for multi-virus tests to detect COVID-19 and flu

Oct 12, 2020 at 09:05 am by Staff

The American Medical Association (AMA) today published an update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set that includes new code additions and editorial revisions.... Read More

COVID Update 10/8

Oct 08, 2020 at 04:04 pm by Staff

Metro Nashville As of 9:30 today, the city reported 29,915 confirmed cases, an increase of 125 since yesterday. There are currently 1,131 active cases in Nashville, 28,501.... Read More

COVID Update 10/6

Oct 06, 2020 at 12:53 pm by Staff

After nearly two weeks of new case numbers right at or under 100 per day, Nashville saw a jump in new cases over the last 24 hours. The city moved to Phase 3 of the Roadmap fo.... Read More