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Fauci urges Vanderbilt graduates to serve their country

May. 14, 2021 01:59 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci urged Vanderbilt University graduates on Friday to get involved in public service and to help heal the country's...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee puts on his mask during a break in the state budget hearings Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. According to a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine study released Tuesday, Tennessee counties that have not required wearing masks in public are on average seeing COVID-19 death rates double or more compared with those that instituted mandates. Lee has opposed a statewide mask mandate, stressing personal responsibility. He has instead allowed counties to decide whether to require masks. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Ahead of holidays, Tennessee spurns mask mandate requests

By Kimberlee Kruesi Nov. 18, 2020 01:27 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2019 file photo, Dolly Parton performs at the 53rd annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Parton's $1 million gift to Nashville's Vanderbilt University helped researchers develop Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced this week. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Dolly Parton adds pandemic hero to list of accomplishments

Nov. 18, 2020 11:02 AM EST

Vanderbilt limits attendance for final 2 home football games

Nov. 16, 2020 11:26 AM EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University announced Monday that the school will limit attendance for the final two home games of the football season to...

Report: Tennessee death rates up where masks never mandated

By Jonathan Mattise Nov. 10, 2020 01:11 PM EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee counties that have not required wearing masks in public are on average seeing COVID-19 death rates double or more compared...

Study: Tennessee hospital rates up most where masks optional

By Jonathan Mattise Oct. 28, 2020 01:56 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Areas of Tennessee where people are not required to wear masks in public are seeing sharper increases of patients in the hospital in...

People wait outside for the start of Kathryn Camp's 100th birthday celebration at Hickory Valley Retirement Community on Monday, May 11, 2020 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Camp celebrated her birthday with a parade of vehicles, including a firetruck and Sheriff's vehicles, driving by and wishing her a happy birthday. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee reach highest level

By Adrian Sainz Jun. 16, 2020 02:29 PM EDT

In this May 22, 2020, photo, nurse Megan Palmer writes down lyrics during a songwriting session with care partner Anna Henderson at Henderson's home in Ashland City, Tenn. During the COVID-19 pandemic, their role as caregivers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has become even more important as hospital visits from family and friends were limited or prohibited to prevent the spread of the virus. Music and songwriting has helped them express the complexity of emotions that comes with caregiving, especially in the time of a pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Nurses' musical voices give comfort in midst of pandemic

By Kristin M. Hall Jun. 11, 2020 10:57 AM EDT

In this April 21, 2020 photo, Robin Adkins, a nurse and senior director of Clinical Engagement at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, removes masks used during the COVID-19 pandemic after they were sanitized with ultraviolet light at the medical center in Nashville, Tenn. The cleaning process, modified from a University of Nebraska Medical Center protocol, uses ultraviolet light to disinfect about 60 masks at a time and takes about an hour. Vanderbilt University Medical Center had to scramble for personal protective equipment even before the coronavirus hit because the deadly March 3 tornado that tore through Tennessee took out its distribution center. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Vanderbilt finding ways to reuse masks, repurpose valets

By Travis Loller May. 04, 2020 01:44 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 1999, file photo, Ricky Bell, then the warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn., gives a tour of the prison's execution chamber. An attorney said her team has lost “critical time” in representing a Tennessee death row inmate slated for execution in June, 2020, due to the new coronavirus and restrictions in place to curb its spread. The attorney for inmate Oscar Smith gave the update in a state Supreme Court filing recently to argue further that his execution should be put on hold due to the health pandemic. Smith's legal team asked for the stay of execution due to COVID-19 in March, 2020.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Death row inmate attorney: 'Critical time' lost amid virus

By Jonathan Mattise Apr. 09, 2020 03:12 AM EDT