Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Celebrates 20 Years of Service

Feb 08, 2024 at 12:34 pm by WGNS News

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is celebrating 20 years as Middle Tennessee’s first full-service children’s hospital and is commemorating.... Read More

Smyrna Driver Jailed After I-65 Crash

Jan 13, 2024 at 07:51 pm by WGNS

(COLUMBIA, TN) A Smyrna woman is in the Maury County jail in Columbia,TN after she allegedly slammed into a broken-down car Wednesday night (1/10/2024) that was on the side of.... Read More

Parents Convicted of Aggravated Child Abuse in Rutherford County Case Whitnee Peters

Jul 19, 2023 at 11:48 am by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn – Parents of an infant who suffered severe burns on Christmas Eve 2021 entered pleas to aggravated child abuse, neglect and endangerment last mon.... Read More

Enhanced Treatment Helps Fast Nicotine Metabolizers Quit Smoking

May 31, 2023 at 10:06 am by WGNS News

STUDY - A study from Vanderbilt researchers has found that enhanced treatment support can help smokers who have more difficulty quitting because they are fast metabolizers of.... Read More

Study Highlights Risks for Self-Harm Events in Children and Adolescents

May 02, 2023 at 10:00 am by WGNS News

The United States is in the midst of a mental health crisis with rising rates of hospitalization for suicide and self-harm events among children and adolescents. A recent stu.... Read More
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UPDATE: Christiana House Fire Remains Under Investigation - ATF and TBI are Now Assisting with the Case

Apr 19, 2023 at 09:51 pm by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN – WGNS has learned the TBI and the ATF are now assisting in the investigation of a house fire that occurred on April 11, 2023 in the Christiana a.... Read More

VUMC-Led Trial Shows 2-Investigational Drugs Ineffective for Treating Severe COVID-19

Apr 11, 2023 at 11:37 am by WGNS News

Health News - Despite the success of vaccines for preventing COVID-19, and of drugs for treating the disease, outcomes for severely ill patients admitted to the hospital remai.... Read More

Cardiac Antigen Identified as Mechanism for Heart Complication

Nov 16, 2022 at 01:29 pm by WGNS Radio News

(HEALTH NEWS) Myocarditis is a complication that can occur in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Although the adverse event is rare — affecting l.... Read More

Monkeypox Cases Climb to Over 11,000 Nationwide and 67 in Tennessee

Aug 12, 2022 at 11:32 am by WGNS

Over the week, the number of Monkeypox has climbed to 67 in Tennessee, according to the CDC. Nationwide, the number has grown by 2,243 new cases since Tuesday to a total of 11.... Read More

Investigation into Mysterious Liver Disease in Children

Apr 26, 2022 at 08:25 pm by WGNS

Physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other hepatologist.... Read More

U.S. Precision Medicine Research Program Releases Genomic Data

Mar 18, 2022 at 03:15 pm by WGNS

Earlier this month the All of Us Research Program released an initial large batch of genomic data on its cloud-based research platform, the Researcher Workbench, including who.... Read More

Poll Shows Eroding Trust among Tennessee Parents in COVID-19 And Vaccine Information

Mar 05, 2022 at 01:00 pm by WGNS

Fewer Tennessee parents polled by the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy in fall 2021 reported they trust information they receive about vaccines than the same time in.... Read More

Gene Variants Increase Risk of Kidney Failure in Black Veterans With COVID-19: Study

Feb 11, 2022 at 07:30 am by WGNS

Gene variants increased the risk of acute kidney injury and death in veterans of African ancestry who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study published in&nb.... Read More

Vanderbilt and CDC Research Shows Third Vaccine Dose Key to Preventing Omicron Hospitalization

Feb 09, 2022 at 10:16 am by WGNS

New research shows that two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine result in lower effectiveness for preventing hospitalization for the omicron variant (65%) than previous variants.... Read More

Vanderbilt Child Health Poll of Tennessee parents: 40% of kids missed at least one week of school; 70% favor remote learning availability

Jan 26, 2022 at 04:34 pm by WGNS

STUDY: The latest analysis of the Vanderbilt Child Health Poll has found that nearly 40% of Tennessee parents said their children missed at least one week of school during the.... Read More

Vanderbilt Child Health Poll analysis explores COVID-19 prevention in Tennessee schools

Jan 19, 2022 at 03:00 pm by WGNS

Most Tennessee parents polled late in 2021 by researchers with the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy say they send their children to school with masks, but they also h.... Read More

Vanderbilt Biostatisticians Launch Cancer-Immu Data Portal for Predicting Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy

Jan 17, 2022 at 07:45 am by WGNS

A new data portal called Cancer-Immu established by a team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center biostatisticians can help cancer clinicians and researchers predic.... Read More

State Approves Vanderbilt Hospital In Murfreesboro

Dec 16, 2021 at 05:50 pm by WGNS

(NASHVILLE) On Wednesday afternoon (12/15/2021) the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency approved Vanderbilt University Medical Center's request to build a 42-bed.... Read More

Data Shows Increase in Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence

Dec 03, 2021 at 11:05 am by WGNS

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researchers, as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM).... Read More

Study Examines Genetic Risk for Suicide Attempt

Nov 30, 2021 at 11:26 am by WGNS

Suicide attempt most often occurs in individuals diagnosed with a psychiatric illness. A new study reported in Biological Psychiatry identifies the first r.... Read More