Blake Farmer
Capitol Hill Reporter and Assistant News Director at WPLN in Nashville-
The state’s six nonprofit science museums have jointly decided to promote vaccines this August during National Immunization Awareness Month. The Science Alliance of Tennessee's initiative is intentionally broader than COVID to sidestep the politics of the pandemic. -
Republican legislators in Tennessee pushed to limit marketing COVID-19 vaccines to youth, and to restrict access. Some doctors worry it will have a chilling effect on vaccinations.
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COVID hospitalizations have doubled in Tennessee since the Fourth of July — from 195 to 408. It’s a manageable number — given hospitals cared for more than 3,300 COVID patients
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Goodlettsville-based Dollar General, with 17,000 stores nationwide, is launching into health care, starting with the hiring of a "chief medical officer" and hinting at offering in-store services on a large scale in the future.
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Gov. Bill Lee Says Masks, Vaccines Shouldn’t Be Required For Tennessee SchoolchildrenTennessee’s governor is urging school districts to drop their mask requirements, even though most children remain unvaccinated against COVID-19.Many…
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Worship online just isn’t the same, even after a year of getting used to it. Yet widespread vaccinations haven’t resolved all the questions of how to…
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Tennessee’s electric utility is starting the long process that could eventually lead to closure of its most-polluting coal plant.Tennessee Valley…
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Just a handful of patients who tested positive for COVID at Vanderbilt University Medical Center this year were fully vaccinated.The hospital system found…
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A majority of white, rural conservatives in Tennessee are open to getting the vaccine at some point, but at least 45% won't consider it. Rates in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi are also lagging.
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The pandemic has increased the emotional needs of K-12 students. That’s why Tennessee’s governor says he’s bringing back a proposal to establish a mental…
