COVID

5-4 Daily Update

May 04, 2020 at 05:22 pm by Staff

Metro Nashville The city's status of key metrics continues to show 'less than satisfactory' for transmission rate and 14-day new case trend, and Davidson County remains under.... Read More

5-1 Daily Update

May 01, 2020 at 04:55 pm by Staff

Metro Nashville Heading into the weekend, Nashville reported 2,832 confirmed cases, an increase of 163 in the 24 hours since Mayor John Copper extended the county's safer-at-h.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas announces plans for resuming certain elective surgeries and non-urgent procedures in accordance with state government plans

May 01, 2020 at 12:08 pm by Staff

May 1, 2020 - Today, Ascension Saint Thomas announced plans to begin a phased, measured and clinically led process to resume surgeries for certain elective, non-urgent and med.... Read More

Ozark River CEO forgoes extra profits to help protect essential workers

Apr 30, 2020 at 04:59 pm by Staff

During a time when many companies are raising prices on healthcare and safety supplies used in the fight against the coronavirus, Ozark River Manufacturing, Co. is doing the e.... Read More

Williamson Medical Center Plans to Resume Elective Surgeries on May 4

Apr 30, 2020 at 04:54 pm by Staff

April 30, 2020 - Williamson Medical Center (WMC) has announced plans to resume performing elective surgeries on May 4. The announcement is in response to Gov. Bill Lee's decis.... Read More

Long Term Care Industry Calls For Expanded Testing And Funding For Nursing Homes And Assisted Living Communities

Apr 30, 2020 at 11:16 am by Staff

April 30, 2020 - The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes, assisted living communi.... Read More

4-30 Daily Update

Apr 30, 2020 at 10:42 am by Staff

Breaking; Mayor John Cooper extends Nashville's safer-at-home order "at least" another week. Davidson County to remain under current restrictions until May 8. A release from M.... Read More

AI platform predicts COVID's potential spread in rural Tennessee

Apr 30, 2020 at 09:03 am by Staff

April 29, 2020 - Decode Health, a Nashville healthcare tech company that is tracking the spread and prevalence of the COVID-19 virus using its proprietary AI platform, predict.... Read More

SURVEY: Nurses Report Fear, Shortages Amid COVID

Apr 30, 2020 at 08:39 am by Staff

A new survey from NurseGrid, which is part of Nashville-based HealthStream, sheds light on the experiences of nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key findings.... Read More

Blunt-Alexander "Shark Tank" COVID-19 Testing Plan Gets Underway at NIH

Apr 30, 2020 at 08:19 am by Staff

April 29, 2020 - Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, a.... Read More