A long‑running Framingham analysis found women with three or more live births had lower rates of clinical and covert strokes over about 18 years, but researchers say more study is needed.

Quorum Health signed an agreement to transition its hospitals into a nonprofit operator under Healthside Partners, promising expanded charity care and capital investments. The plan covers 11 hospitals and aims to close in fall 2026 pending regulatory review.

Vanderbilt Health will open a referral-only Acute Care Center at One Hundred Oaks in August to give established patients faster diagnostics and same-day evaluations.

Air Methods and Covenant Health will open two 24/7 air‑medical bases in Morristown and Rockwood this May, bringing H135 helicopters and crews able to carry whole blood.

Baptist Memorial broke ground April 30 on a $27M, 18,000‑sq‑ft hospital near Somerville that will restore emergency and inpatient care to Fayette County and is slated to open in March 2027.

The FDA cleared an at‑home HPV self‑collection kit in April; Nashville doctors say the change could help reach patients who skip clinic screening.

CDC surveillance shows ER visits for tick bites at their highest level in nearly a decade. Nashville clinicians warn warm, dry weather could mean more bites and infections.

A National Academies report, with help from a Nashville doctor, sets the first formal blood‑pressure treatment target for pregnant and postpartum women.

Hospitals across Middle Tennessee are expanding training and hosting recruitment events as the state faces a projected RN shortfall by 2035.

Tennessee lawmakers backed $311M toward a new $350M UTHSC College of Medicine building in Memphis, which officials say will expand class sizes and modernize training. The project aims to boost the state's clinical workforce.

Knox County Health Department says syphilis and HIV cases are rising locally and urged residents to get tested; the county clinic lists walk‑in testing and prevention options.

New federal dietary guidance could add about $1,000 a year to grocery bills, and Nashville food programs are already feeling the strain.

The VA has secured a 20‑year lease at Kingdom Land in North Nashville and plans a multi‑specialty outpatient clinic that officials say will bring care closer to thousands of veterans. Planning filings and federal procurement records spell out a large three‑story facility, major parking and a years‑long build timeline.