COVID

Vanderbilt, AstraZeneca Sign New COVID-19 Antibody Agreement

Jun 10, 2020 at 09:31 am by Staff

Vanderbilt University and the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have signed a new agreement that will enable AstraZeneca to advance two coronavirus-neutralizing ant.... Read More

Request for $5 Billion to Help Assisted Living Communities in Response to COVID-19

Jun 10, 2020 at 09:01 am by Staff

Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator Gaynor: On behalf of the long term care industry, we would like to express our appreciation for the recent actions taken by the Departme.... Read More

6-8 Daily Update

Jun 08, 2020 at 04:46 pm by Staff

Last week, Mayor John Cooper slowed Nashville's reopening efforts after the new case trend line fell into the yellow category. The city will remain in the current phase two of.... Read More

First Horizon Foundation Gives $500K to Support Middle Tennessee COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Jun 08, 2020 at 09:06 am by Staff

June 3, 2020 - First Horizon Foundation announced today that it is giving a total of $500,000 in support of COVID-19 emergency relief efforts to nonprofit organizations throug.... Read More

Alexander: Additional Help is on the Way to More than 85,000 Tennessee Small Businesses and Their Employees

Jun 04, 2020 at 01:09 pm by Staff

June 4, 2020 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after the Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act - bipartis.... Read More

AHA Sends Letter To Hhs Requesting Additional Emergency Funding

Jun 03, 2020 at 09:51 am by Staff

Dear Secretary Azar, On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners - including more than 270,000 a.... Read More

6-1 Daily Update

Jun 01, 2020 at 04:28 pm by Staff

What a difference a weekend makes. New numbers are in ... and they aren't great. Between Memorial Day and massive protest rallies, local and state health officials are keeping.... Read More

Tennesseans Reduced Mobility Before Stay at Home Orders; Areas of Economy Still Lag Usual Levels of Traffic

May 29, 2020 at 11:17 am by Staff

Tennesseans dramatically reduced travel outside of their neighborhoods just after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Tennessee in early March. Travel to specific typ.... Read More

Multinational Consortium Reports COVID-19 Impact on Cancer Patients

May 29, 2020 at 10:51 am by Staff

People with cancer sickened by COVID-19 have a crude death rate of 13%, according to the largest series of data released thus far from a multinational perspective. The data on.... Read More

5-28 Daily Update

May 29, 2020 at 10:41 am by Staff

Metro Nashville As of this morning, Nashville reported 5,147 confirmed cases, up 79 since yesterday. Alex Jahangir, MD, MMHC, chair of Metro Nashville Coronavirus Task Force,.... Read More