Gerald Harris, WKRN, Sept. 8, 2021 The rapid increase in COVID-19 cases is straining hospital beds and staff, forcing the need for emergency staffing assistance. Governor Bill Lee signed an Executive Order allowing for hospital staffing flexibility and deployed the National Guard …
Tennessee #1 for new COVID-19 cases by population, CDC says
Josh Breslow, WKRN, Sept. 3, 2021 Tennessee has the highest number of new COVID-19 cases by population of any state in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s coronavirus website shows Tennessee with a …
‘COVID is going to get a lot worse here in Tennessee’, says rural ER doctor
Gerald Harris and Caitlin Coffey, WKRN-TV, Aug. 10, 2021 A Tennessee emergency room physician warns of darker days ahead in the fight against COVID-19, if nothing is done to slow the virus. Dr. Katrina Green, a rural Tennessee Emergency Physician, …
Tennessee pediatricians call for masks in schools to prevent COVID spread as new year begins
Gerald Harris, WKRN-TV, July 28, 2021 Tennessee pediatricians and frontline doctors say they are alarmed by the increasing number of COVID-19 cases and inaction by some state leaders, including Governor Bill Lee as the start of the school year nears. Doctors are calling …
Almost all Vanderbilt ICU COVID patients are unvaccinated, from rural counties
Gerald Harris, WKRN-TV, July 16, 2021 Cases, deaths and hospitalizations are rising in Tennessee as the Delta Covid-19 strain threatens the state. The state’s largest hospital is seeing an uptick in intensive care unit patients. At Vanderbilt, behind the walls …