NASHVILLE – Today, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) announced it has completed updates to the Terms of Certification (TOC) covering the Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA), which guides the access and delivery of health care services in Northeast Tennessee.
Nashville – The Tennessee Department of Health is confirming today two additional confirmed cases of measles in middle Tennessee. Both persons are currently recovering at home.
Nashville – Today, the Tennessee Department of Health confirmed three additional cases of measles in Middle Tennessee, which are currently being investigated by public health officials.
NASHVILLE – Today, the Tennessee Department of Health announced the Rural Healthcare Resiliency Program, established in 2022, will grant more than $45.7 million in additional funding to improve health outcomes for rural and underserved populations across Tennessee. The third round of funding follows grant announcements in May and July 2023.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Department of Health is confirming the state’s first measles case in 2025 in a middle Tennessee resident. The likely source of the infection is being investigated.
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health has named Brittany Cox, PhD, as assistant commissioner of the Division of Health Disparities Elimination, coming into this new position after almost a decade of public health service at TDH.
NASHVILLE – Today, the Tennessee Department of Health shared locations across all 95 counties where Tennesseans can receive a free flu vaccine to protect themselves against getting or spreading the virus.
NASHVILLE – Today, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) announced the Request for Applications (RFA) for Tennessee’s Rural Healthcare Resiliency Program, which will serve Tennesseans across rural communities.
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health is announcing today the creation of an Office of Healthy Aging to promote partnerships and public health practices supporting the well-being of the state’s 1.6 million adults aged 60 and older, a rapidly growing group now one-quarter of Tennessee’s population.
NASHVILLE - This October and November, the Tennessee Department of Health is promoting breast and lung cancer awareness with the annual Pink & Pearl Campaign.
NASHVILLE – In consideration of the ongoing work to help Northeast Tennessee survivors, communities, and businesses, including health care providers, recover from the devastating floods of late September, the Tennessee Department of Health announced today that it will postpone the November 2024 public hearing on Ballad Health’s compliance with the state’s Certificate of Public Advantage.
JOHNSON CITY – In response to significant flooding from Hurricane Helene, the Northeast Region’s local health departments will be offering free Tdap, Hepatitis A, and Flu vaccines.
JOHNSON CITY – The Northeast Regional Health Office has established a Citizen Information Hotline to provide information related to flood safety regarding flooding due to Hurricane Helene.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s Health Commissioner is celebrating the commitment of two Tennessee health care systems – Ascension Saint Thomas in Nashville and Regional One Health in Memphis – for their projects dedicated to expanding access to quality health care facilities and services for patients using grant funding provided through the Tennessee Department of Health’s Healthcare Resiliency Program.
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health is working with the United States Department of Agriculture to help prevent rabies by distributing oral rabies vaccine for wild raccoons along Tennessee’s borders with Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. The annual baiting program administered by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, will begin in Tennessee October 5, 2024.