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Tennessee public health clinics will no longer give teens access to routine healthcare — including birth control, sexually transmitted infection treatment and pregnancy tests — without parental consent, according to the Department of Health’s interpretation of a new parental rights law that took effect July 1.
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Tennessee is rethinking how it distributes the COVID vaccine — shifting from an approach that divided doses based on county’s population and to one that…
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Tennessee has “soft-launched” a new phase of COVID vaccination, beginning to offer doses to anyone 55 and up or in “critical infrastructure” jobs. A state…
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The Tennessee Department of Health has announced that Tobi Adeyeye Amosun has been named assistant commissioner of the agency's Division of Family Health…
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Tennessee is lowering the threshold to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to age 70.The state Department of Health estimates that the change means about…
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Nearly every state in the country is now seeing sustained improvement in their pandemic metrics. Tennessee, which was leading the nation in new cases in…
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While many frontline health care workers have been eager to get vaccinated, some in Tennessee are opting out. State officials are seeing signs of more…
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The Tennessee Department of Health has launched a new website to keep the public up to speed on the COVID-19 pandemic. The department says COVID19.tn.gov…
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The Tennessee Department of Health has announced it has received $750,000 for suicide prevention efforts over the next five years. According to a Monday…
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The names and addresses of Tennesseans who've tested positive for COVID-19 are being provided to first responders, law enforcement and paramedics under a…