For readers in Nashville, this page covers outbreaks, treatment breakthroughs, diagnosis, clinical trials and public health. Reporting follows both the emergence of conditions and the medical advances meant to address them.
Metro Public Health officials identified exposure sites across the region, including a Brentwood lash studio now cleared to reopen.
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The young singer took the Grand Ole Opry stage in a special concert supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
A child is receiving treatment at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt following a recent measles diagnosis.
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A lung cancer awareness event at Centennial Park will aim to improve early detection rates through a visual display.
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Do you believe universities are doing enough to support student athletes with chronic health conditions?
Austin Howard is using his platform to support children managing type 1 diabetes while playing collegiate football.
The medical center administered over 7,800 free flu shots to staff and students at Langford Auditorium.
Nashville reporting spans clinical trial results, community health alerts, diagnostic changes and disease awareness efforts. It reaches across the city and the communities around it. Seasonality dictates the spread of infectious conditions, which creates unique pressure on local medical systems. Public health campaigns and local medical research developments determine the substance of most reports here.
