This week is Tennessee Quit Week and the Blount County Health Department is urging all residents who smoke to take advantage of their full-scope tobacco cessation.

Tennessee’s infant mortality rate has dipped since 2019 but remains significantly and persistently higher than the national ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Health reports a rise in flu cases throughout the state in early December. The state released its weekly flu report, reporting an uptick in ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Department of Health issued a Health Alert Network Advisory after identifying at least 18 cases of a fungal infection — called Histoplasmosis — in ...

Knoxville's Lakeshore Mental Health Institute closed in 2013. State and local advocates have sounded the alarm that the Knoxville area needs a facility closer than Chattanooga. A state study conducted ...

Two law enforcement vehicles crashed in Tennessee on Friday night while supporting Vice President JD Vance's motorcade, sending a police officer to the hospital in critical condition, authorities said ...

Rural Tennessee communities face a public health emergency due to hospital closures, provider shortages, and high rates of chronic disease. Since 2010, over a dozen rural hospitals in Tennessee have ...

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) announced a public hearing will take place in Blountville in November regarding a Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) as it ...

The Tennessee Volunteers have hopes of being able to return their head baseball coach, as he is currently receiving national-level attention both in the college world and the MLB, as he has received ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Flu season is here and to help protect against the virus, the county health departments across East Tennessee are offering free flu shots for the Tennessee Department of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In an effort to help prevent the spread of influenza this cold and flu season, the Tennessee Department of Health will be making cost-free flu vaccines available to Tennessee ...

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