Livingston Gets Legal Opinion On Mandating City Employee Vaccines
Livingston Mayor Curtis Hayes asked for a legal opinion on mandating vaccinations for city employees. Hayes said City Attorney John Meadows does not recommend the city taking any action. Meadows recommendation stated recent Tennessee law does not allow vaccine mandates from the city. Hayes said at the end of the day, COVID if affecting the […]
Third COVID Dose Available At Overton Health Department
The Overton County Health Department announced Monday that a third dose of the COVID vaccine is available for eligible people. Director Andy Langford said that the number of new daily cases have returned to levels seen last winter. Langford said there are 317 active cases currently in Overton County. “We have people in our population […]
10 Middle TN Hospitals Unite To Ask More People To Vaccinate
A consortium of ten Middle Tennessee hospitals joined together Friday to ask local residents to get vaccinated against COVID. The consortium includes Cookeville Regional, Ascension St Thomas in both White and Dekalb Counties. The open letter, quote begs Middle Tennessee residents to get COVID vaccines. Hospitalizations in Middle Tennessee are escalating at a rate that […]
Shelton: CRMC Full With 56 COVID Patients Housed
Cookeville Regional Chief Strategy Officer Ricky Shelton said the administration is concerned about the rising number of housed COVID patients. Shelton said the number of hospitalizations are the highest since January of this year. “We were very busy and near capacity before this rise,” Shelton said. “Now as you can imagine, we are very full. […]
Putnam Seeing Vaccinations Increase As Variant Spreads
Putnam County has seen an increase in vaccinations over the past three weeks, after seeing rates drop in June. As of last week 38 percent of residents are fully vaccinated, 42 percent have at least one dose. Upper Cumberland Regional Medical Director for The Tennessee Department of Health Don Grisham said this is encouraging as […]
Livingston Requiring Unvaccinated City Employees To Mask
All unvaccinated Livingston city employees will be required to wear masks, effective immediately. Mayor Curtis Hayes said people entering city buildings will be temperature screened and asked to wear a mask when inside. Hayes said the only exception is the city hall lobby, because barriers are in place to prevent people from wandering. Hayes made […]
CRMC Seeing Cases Rise As Delta Variant Spreads Among Unvaccinated
As the Delta Variant continues to spread, Cookeville Regional Medical Center is seeing its number of hospitalized patients grow. Infectious Disease Physician Dr. Mark Pierce said that he has seen one to two hospitalized patients turn into 13 in the span of a week. Pierce said 97 percent of those hospitalizations are unvaccinated. Pierce said […]
UCMS Follows Urge For Young Adult Vaccinations As Delta Variant Spreads
The Upper Cumberland Medical Society sides with national leaders urging young adults to get vaccinated. Society President Dr. Dawn Barlow said she suspects that the Delta variant of COVID has reached the region. The more contagious mutation has raised concerns in the medical world. “We are seeing young people get sicker with the Delta variant, […]
Cumberland County Moving COVID Vaccinations, Changing Testing Entrance
The Cumberland County is moving its COVID vaccine distribution from the Community Complex to the health department on Wednesday. Testing times are still from 10:00 AM to Noon. The Cumberland County Health Department is located at 1503 South Main Street in Crossville. The health department is also changing its COVID testing traffic pattern at the […]
UC Medical Society Concerned By Lower Ages Not Vaccinating
Members of The Upper Cumberland Medical Society are concerned about fewer people taking the COVID vaccine, as vaccinations open up to more people. UCMS President Dr. Dawn Barlow said everyone being vaccinated is the only way out of the pandemic. However, Barlow said that perhaps more could be done by the medical society to get […]
