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25 years later, family remembers child born in the midst of 1998 tornado

Many will never forget April 16, 1998 as the day of the Nashville tornado outbreak. One family's story is forever connected to that day.

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MTSU-Meharry partnership keeps students on 7-year path to be rural primary care physicians

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Maria Hite will be one of the first six MTSU students heading to Nashville’s Meharry Medical College to earn her Middle Tennessee State University degree — and eventually her Meharry medical degree — and set sail to become a primary care physician in a rural region in Tennessee.MTSU freshman Hursha Kondee is just starting the primary care physician journey as Hite did three years ago when the Medical School Ear ...

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Meharry Medical College receives grant to expand ResilienSEED


Meharry Medical College receives grant to expand ResilienSEED
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and last updated 2021-05-04 02:32:30-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) gave Meharry Medical College a $750,000 grant from to expand ResilienSEED, a business incubator established by and housed in Meharry’s Center for the Study of Social Determinants of Health.
ResilienSEED is focused on improving socioeconomic disparities in underserved communities through innovation and entrepreneurship. The Center’s work, through ResilienSEED and other programming, is dedicated to understanding how social conditions create barriers to achieving health equity and prosperous wellbeing, then establishing actionable programming that catalyzes a pendulum of change.

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Revitalization plan to reconnect North Nashville neighborhoods cut off by I-40


Revitalization plan to reconnect North Nashville neighborhoods cut off by I-40
Mayor Cooper: Plan will right 'historic wrong'
It's a decades-old wrong the city says it's time to make right. Part of North Nashville was cut off by Interstate 40 when crews built the downtown loop, shuttering some businesses and cutting others off from customers.
and last updated 2021-04-21 08:46:53-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It's a decades-old wrong the city says it's time to make right. Part of North Nashville was cut off by Interstate 40 when crews built the downtown loop, shuttering some businesses and cutting others off from customers.
This project in North Nashville is one that Mayor John Cooper says needs to be done to revitalize the community. In a tweet, Cooper said, "We will engage the people of North Nashville as we work to right this historic wrong."

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Four Black medical schools get $6M to widen vaccine outreach


Four Black medical schools get $6M to widen vaccine outreach
JEFF AMY, Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to supporters, in Detroit. Four historically Black medical schools are getting $6 million to expand coronavirus vaccination efforts in minority communities. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy announced the gifts Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine in Los Angeles.Carlos Osorio/APShow MoreShow Less

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Meharry Medical announces computational sciences school


Meharry Medical announces computational sciences school
April 1, 2021
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A historically Black medical college in Nashville is launching a new School of Applied Computational Sciences.
Meharry Medical College says the school will begin offering master’s degrees in data science and biomedical data science beginning in August, marking the institution’s fourth academic school.
A doctoral degree in biomedical data science will also become available in the fall of 2022.
Meharry established its Data Science Institute in fall 2018, with a focus on medical, social and environmental issues that impact the health of minority and underserved people.
The institute is being elevated to the School of Applied Computational Sciences, which is accepting applications for the fall 2021 semester.

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Data shows that minorities are being left out in Tennessee's vaccination distribution

Haile believes the disparity comes from Tennessee giving two-thirds of it's supply to major hospital chains. Those hospitals are currently only offering the vaccine to their own patients.

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Meharry Medical begins COVID-19 vaccines for patients 75+


Meharry Medical begins COVID-19 vaccines for patients 75+
Sen. Brenda Gilmore also received her vaccine Saturday
and last updated 2021-01-16 23:38:18-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Georgia James was one of the first Meharry Medical College patients to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday. "I’m just anxious to get this thing," she said.
James was one of dozens who called Meharry to get an appointment. Right now, the college is only vaccinating patients that are age 75 and above.
"Is that it?" James asked as the healthcare worker removed the needle.
Like so many of us, James was eager to get immunity from this dangerous virus. "I’m just glad to get this in my body," she said.

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