WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.

2. Advocacy group sues Tennessee over racial requirements for medical boards - Friday, November 15, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — A nonprofit dedicated to opposing diversity initiatives in medicine has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the requirements surrounding the racial makeup of key medical boards in Tennessee.

3. Dalton wins Bradley’s diversity Leadership award - Friday, November 8, 2024

Alé Dalton, a partner in the firm’s Nashville office, has received Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s 2024 Diversity Leadership Award.

Established in 2015, the annual Diversity Leadership Award recognizes a Bradley partner who demonstrates an exceptional commitment to promoting and advancing the firm’s goal of being a diverse and mutually supportive community.

4. What to know about this year's Social Security cost-of-living adjustment - Friday, October 11, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of older Americans will see an increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments.

The 2.5% raise is intended to help meet higher prices for food, fuel, and other goods and services. The average recipient will see an increase of about $50 per month, according to agency officials. Social Security recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, and some retirees are concerned that this year's increase is not big enough to meet their needs.

5. Dodson Parker welcomes new associate Nelson   - Friday, September 27, 2024

The Nashville law firm of Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella, PC, has hired Maddin M. Nelson as an associate attorney. She joins the firm’s employment and litigation practice groups.

Nelson previously practiced law in Denver, Colorado, specializing in business law and commercial litigation.

6. The Clintons pitch philanthropic commitments as pro-democracy work at their 2024 foundation meeting - Friday, September 20, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — With the backdrop of elections worldwide that highlight strains on democracy, former President Bill Clinton urged attendees of his foundation's annual meeting to meet their communities' needs through collective action.

7. Nashville Bar Association names leadership class - Friday, September 13, 2024

The Nashville Bar Association has selected the 2025 NBF Leadership Class. In 2014, the Nashville Bar Foundation established the NBF Leadership Forum – a local leadership program for lawyers with three to eight years of experience – designed to bring together emerging leaders who participate in monthly workshops for nine months to help them realize their potential and to benefit the legal profession and our local community.

8. Bloomberg gives $600M to Meharry, 3 other Black medical schools' endowments - Friday, August 2, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg's organization Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools to help secure their future economic stability.

9. Nursing in crisis - Friday, July 5, 2024

There aren’t enough nurses. Anywhere. It’s not a new problem and it’s one that received heightened scrutiny during and since the COVID pandemic.

There’s no quick fix because the problem is multifaceted beginning with the big experience gap between older, more-seasoned nurses retiring versus newly graduated nurses arriving to replace them.

10. EO Nashville selects board members for 2024 - Friday, June 14, 2024

EO Nashville, now in its 30th year, has named its board of directors for 2024. They are:

• Richard Moscardelli, president

• Ginger Jones, past president

• Jay Graves, incoming president

11. Waddey, Acheson launch new law firm - Friday, May 17, 2024

Waddey Acheson, a new law firm based in Nashville, has been launched with a focus on intellectual property, artificial intelligence and high-stakes litigation.

Jack Waddey, a registered patent attorney, brings over 50 years of experience to the firm. He has secured hundreds of patents and trademarks for clients and served as a mediator since 1998, the firm reports.

12. Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever? - Friday, May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job?

It's a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold conversations, write stories and even generate songs and images within seconds.

13. A large US health care tech company was hacked. It's leading to billing delays and security concerns - Friday, March 1, 2024

Health care providers across the country are reeling from a cyberattack on a massive U.S. health care technology company that has threatened the security of patients' information and is delaying some prescriptions and paychecks for medical workers.

14. Siskin Children’s Institute selects Mueller as CEO - Friday, February 23, 2024

Siskin Children’s Institute has named Don Mueller its new president and chief executive officer. Mueller succeeds Derek Bullard, who announced his retirement in 2023.

Mueller brings over two decades of experience to Siskin Children’s Institute. His most recent role is as president and CEO of St. Christophers Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.

15. Turning playtime into learning - Friday, February 23, 2024

Come late May, school’s out for summer across Tennessee. But with the subject of post-pandemic learning loss lingering in the news and the linoleum-lined halls of elementary and secondary schools, would Tennessee children benefit from school being in, even just a little bit?

16. Moody named president of Mathews Company - Friday, October 27, 2023

Nashville-based real estate development firm The Mathews Company has promoted longtime vice president Jody Moody to president.

Moody is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and initially interned at The Mathews Company while completing his graduate degree at Emory University. He rejoined the company for several years after completing his MBA, before serving as vice president of the Affordable Housing Division of GMAC Commercial Mortgage, where he managed a team responsible for underwriting and closing more than $1 billion of tax-exempt bond transactions for multifamily affordable housing.

17. Belmont med school clears accreditation hurdle - Friday, October 20, 2023

Belmont’s Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine has earned preliminary accreditation from its accrediting body, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, allowing the college to begin recruiting students.

18. What to know about the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment - Friday, October 13, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of older Americans will see a modest increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments.

The 3.2% raise is intended to help meet higher prices for food, fuel, and other goods and services. The average recipient will see an increase of about $54 per month, according to government estimates. That's a smaller percentage than last year, because consumer prices have eased, and the COLA is tied to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index.

19. Hamas attack on Israel thrusts Biden into Mideast crisis, has him fending off GOP criticism - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Hamas militant attack on Israel and the massive retaliation it provoked from Jerusalem have thrust President Joe Biden into a Middle East crisis that risks expanding into a broader conflict and has left him fending off criticism from GOP presidential rivals that his administration's policies led to this moment.

20. What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines may be getting a little easier for adults to find but they're still frustratingly scarce for young children. Health officials said Thursday the kid shots have started shipping — and reminded most everyone to get a fall flu shot too.

21. Baker Donelson launches multidisciplinary AI team - Friday, July 28, 2023

Baker Donelson has launched an artificial intelligence team, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys who have extensive experience with AI-based technologies and industry-specific experience.

Led by Andrew J. Droke, CIPP/US, a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office, Baker Donelson’s dedicated AI Team is composed of attorneys from multiple practices across the firm, including technology; data protection, privacy and cybersecurity; intellectual property; labor & employment; health care; and advocacy. All members of the AI Team regularly work with companies across industry sectors in a range of matters, such as transactional, labor and employment, regulatory, compliance and litigation.

22. US maternal deaths more than doubled over two decades in unequal proportions for race, geography - Friday, June 30, 2023

Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally.

Black mothers died at the nation's highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. And some states — and racial or ethnic groups within them – fared worse than others.

23. Record-breaking travel expected for July 4th - Friday, June 30, 2023

Tennesseans will travel in record numbers for Independence Day. AAA forecasts more than 1 million Tennesseans will take at least one trip of 50 miles or more between Friday and Tuesday. That’s 42,000 more holiday travelers than the previous record high, set last year.

24. TBA’s Drowota Award going to Justice Lee - Friday, June 9, 2023

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee will be honored this month with the Tennessee Bar Association’s Justice Frank F. Drowota III Outstanding Judicial Service Award. The award will be presented at the Bench Bar Luncheon as part of the association’s annual convention in Knoxville.

25. US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts - Friday, April 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that's most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, too.

26. Bass, Berry & Sims adds 4 associates in Nashville - Friday, March 10, 2023

Maja A. Hartzell (labor & employment), K. Brianne Kerbyson (trusts & estates) Anna Kaufman Looney (real estate & debt financing transactions) and Adam Pfeiffer (corporate & securities) have joined Bass Berry & Sims as associates in Nashville.

27. Ozburn named CEO of TriStar Centennial - Friday, March 3, 2023

TriStar Centennial Medical Center has selected Tom Ozburn, DSc., FACHE, CMPE, as chief executive officer of the 741-bed multi-campus system of care.

Ozburn brings 25 years of executive health care leadership to this new role. Since 2017, he has served as president and chief executive officer of Parkridge Health System, part of the HCA Healthcare TriStar Division.

28. Diversified Trust promotes 3, including new principal - Friday, February 24, 2023

Diversified Trust, an independent comprehensive wealth management firm, has elevated four to new positions.

Jeff Carson has been promoted from senior vice president to principal. In his role as principal and senior fiduciary officer, Carson is responsible for the oversight and administration of the firm’s fiduciary services and also leads the planning team in Nashville.

29. Record 6,542 guns intercepted at US airports in '22; Nashville in top 10 - Friday, February 17, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — The woman flying out of Philadelphia's airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in a black holster.

30. Gov. Lee to deliver State of the State Feb. 6 - Friday, February 3, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee will deliver his fifth State of the State address to the General Assembly and fellow Tennesseans Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. CST.

The joint session will take place in the House Chamber of the Tennessee State Capitol.

31. What kind of city will Nashville be in 2023? - Friday, December 30, 2022

Nashville has long been defined as a certain type of city. For decades, “Music City” was the primary descriptor, as both an industry and an aesthetic.

As more industries made their mark within Nashville, the case could be made for this to be Health Care City, Insurance City, Publishing City, Automotive Parts Manufacturing Headquarters City and others.

32. Panel calls for stronger leadership of FDA foods program - Friday, December 2, 2022

A panel on Tuesday called for changes at the federal agency that oversees most of the nation's food supply, saying revamped leadership, a clear mission and more urgency are needed to prevent illness outbreaks and to promote good health.

33. Seven join CVC board of directors - Friday, October 7, 2022

Seven Nashville leaders have joined the board of directors of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp:

• Alberto R. Gonzales, who served as Attorney General of the United States during the George W. Bush administration, to the role of Legal Counsel;
• Dr. Alex Jahangir, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who chaired the Nashville COVID-19 Taskforce;
• Doug Kreulen, President and CEO, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority;
• Howard Nuchow, Co-Head of CAA Sports;
• Marc Sternagel, Area General Manager of the Grand Hyatt Nashville;
• Claire Whitfield Tucker, recently retired President and CEO Emerita of CapStar Financial Holdings and CapStar Bank in Nashville;
• Ben Weprin, CEO and founder of Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners with a portfolio that includes brands such as Graduate Hotels, Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts and Outpost Residential.

Banking executive Kevin Lavender, who is head of Commercial Banking at Fifth Third Bank, will serve a second year as chairman of the board of directors. The NCVC Board represents sectors from both within and outside the hospitality industry to guide the organization during continued growth in both visitation and hotel supply.

34. Insulin cap for Medicare patients signals hope for others - Friday, August 26, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Years before he came to the Senate, Raphael Warnock spent time bedside with Georgia residents suffering from the long-term effects of diabetes, a condition made worse by limited access to life-saving drugs like insulin.

35. Sparks tapped to lead Nashville Bar Association - Friday, August 26, 2022

Abby Sparks has been named executive director of the Nashville Bar Association and will begin her tenure Sept. 7.

Sparks most recently served as assistant commissioner of People Operations for the Tennessee Department of Human Services. She is an active member of Nashville’s legal community and is a past president of the Lawyers’ Association for Women-Marion Griffin Chapter.

36. VU study outlines health coaching benefits - Friday, August 12, 2022

A new study led by Vanderbilt showed the sustained benefits of health coaching for patients with chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes.

The study led by Ruth Wolever, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and director of Vanderbilt Health Coaching at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, found that 10 sessions of health coaching for people at risk for coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes or both led to increased physical activity which was sustained six months after the intervention ended.

37. Nonprofits launch $100M plan to support local health workers - Friday, August 5, 2022

A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers, who serve as a critical bridge to treatment for people with limited access to medical care.

38. EXPLAINER: Why is insulin so expensive and difficult to cap? - Friday, August 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reining in the soaring prices of insulin has thus far been elusive in Congress, although Democrats say they'll try again — as part of their economic package that focuses on health and climate.

39. Live on the Green announces lineup - Friday, August 5, 2022

The lineup for Live on the Green features both local favorites and noisemaking newcomers as the Labor Day weekend music festival returns to Nashville’s Public Square Park after a two-year pandemic-related hiatus.

40. Nichols joins Meharry as senior vice president - Friday, August 5, 2022

Michelle Nichols, M.D., M.S., MBA, FAAFP, has been named as senior vice president of clinical affairs Meharry Medical College. Nichols will lead Meharry’s clinical enterprise, collaborating with the college’s clinicians and overseeing its graduate medical education programs. She will spearhead efforts to advance health equity and reduce disparities among those in underserved communities.

41. Chalos named president of Tennessee Trial Lawyers - Friday, July 22, 2022

The Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association recently elected Mark Chalos, managing partner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein’s Nashville office, as president for the 2022-23 term.

Chalos replaces Tony Seaton of Johnson City who served as president from 2021-22. Seaton now assumes the role of immediate past president, and Carey Acerra of Memphis advances to the office of president-elect.

42. How to afford your medications, support your health - Friday, June 17, 2022

The cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. can be enough to make you sick. What you pay varies enormously depending on the drug, the pharmacy, your insurance plan and your deductible, among many other factors.

43. ServisFirst Bank Nashville hires 2, promotes a third - Friday, June 10, 2022

ServisFirst Bank Nashville, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares, has hired Stephanie Sallman as vice president, commercial credit officer, and Ryan Muskar as vice president, commercial portfolio manager. Dan Harrington has been promoted to executive vice president and managing director of corporate real estate.

44. Do you need a grad degree to compete right now? - Friday, June 3, 2022

More U.S. workers than ever hold a graduate degree. Years of intensifying job requirements and headlines declaring a master’s “the new bachelor’s degree” nudged a record number of students into grad school.

45. Martin to receive TBA’s Drowota Award - Friday, May 13, 2022

Judge James G. Martin III will be honored next month with the Tennessee Bar Association’s Justice Frank F. Drowota III Award.

The Drowota Award is awarded to a judge or judicial branch official of a federal, state or local court in Tennessee who has demonstrated extraordinary devotion and dedication to the improvement of the law, the legal system and the administration of justice as exemplified by the career of former Supreme Court Justice Frank F. Drowota III – the award’s first recipient. The Drowota Award is the TBA’s highest award for service to the judiciary and has been given annually for more than a decade.

46. COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise - Friday, May 6, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19.

Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of the uninsured dries up, creating a potential barrier to timely access.

47. Older people fret less about aging in place: AP-NORC Poll - Friday, April 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The older you are, the less you fret about aging in place.

That's a key insight from a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, which found that U.S. adults ages 65 or older feel much better prepared to age in their own homes than those 50-64, who are mostly still in the final stretches of their working years.

48. Cryoport authorizes repurchase plan - Friday, March 18, 2022

Cryoport, Inc., a temperature-controlled supply chain solution company for the life sciences industry headquartered in Nashville, has announced its board of directors has unanimously authorized a repurchase program, under which Cryoport may repurchase up to $100 million of its outstanding common stock and/or convertible senior notes.

49. Meharry’s Hildreth joins Reagan-Udall board - Friday, March 18, 2022

The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration has elected four new Board members, including James E.K. Hildreth, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of Meharry Medical College.

Hildreth is credited with groundbreaking work around AIDS and HIV and was the first African American to hold a full tenured professorship in basic research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has published more than 90 scientific articles and is the owner of 11 patents based on his research. He joins the board this month.

50. CFMT grants boost nonprofit agencies in area - Friday, December 31, 2021

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a charitable organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in Middle Tennessee and beyond, announces $2,664,888 in grants to 439 local nonprofit organizations as part of the 2021 annual grantmaking process.

51. Biden pivots to home tests to confront omicron surge - Friday, December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts.

52. Biden pledges 500M free virus tests to counter omicron - Friday, December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts.

53. How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19 - Friday, December 10, 2021

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strode onto the stage at a Southern California church, radiating Kennedy confidence and surveying the standing ovation crowd with his piercing blue Bobby Kennedy eyes. Then, he launched into an anti-vaccine rant. Democrats "drank the Kool-Aid," he told people assembled for a far right conference, branded as standing for "health and freedom."

54. Connell named fellow for two attorney groups - Friday, November 19, 2021

Virginia (Ginger) J. Connell has been accepted as a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and the Nashville Bar Foundation.

IAFL is a worldwide association of practicing lawyers who are recognized by their peers for their experience and expertise in family law. Membership is by invitation.

55. Racial disparities in kids' vaccinations are hard to track - Friday, November 12, 2021

The rollout of COVID-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the nation's efforts to address pandemic inequalities: Health systems have released little data on the racial breakdown of youth vaccinations, and community leaders fear that Black and Latino kids are falling behind.

56. Littler selects Strawn as managing shareholder - Friday, November 12, 2021

Littler, an employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed Bradley Strawn as regional office managing shareholder of the firm’s Nashville office, succeeding Jennifer Robinson, who has stepped down to focus on her practice.

57. Lawson joins Dickinson Wright - Friday, October 15, 2021

Rachel Schaffer Lawson has joined Dickinson Wright PLLC’s Nashville office as of counsel.

Lawson is an alcohol and hospitality lawyer who focuses on helping business owners with their legal needs. She joins Dickinson Wright from Schaffer Law Firm, which she founded in 2011.

58. Who’s paying for COVID? All of us - Friday, October 15, 2021

We are tired. We locked ourselves down in March 2020 and waited almost a year for a lifesaving vaccine. We got our one or two doses (depending on the vaccine brand) as soon as we could. We stayed masked up and social distanced even after our jabs.

59. Anti-vaccine chiropractors rising force of misinformation - Friday, October 8, 2021

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The flashy postcard, covered with images of syringes, beckoned people to attend Vax-Con '21 to learn "the uncensored truth" about COVID-19 vaccines.

Participants traveled from around the country to a Wisconsin Dells resort for a sold-out convention that was, in fact, a sea of misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines and the pandemic. The featured speaker was the anti-vaccine activist who appeared in the 2020 movie "Plandemic," which pushed false COVID-19 stories into the mainstream. One session after another discussed bogus claims about the health dangers of mask wearing and vaccines.

60. VUMC helps develop first COVID-19 pill - Friday, October 8, 2021

U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Merck& Co. is seeking authorization for the first oral antiviral pill to treat COVID-19, after a Vanderbilt University Medical Center clinical trial showed it cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half when given to high-risk people during infection.

61. Foundations aim to persuade Americans to get vaccinated - Friday, October 1, 2021

For months, Maria Cristina was hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Her fears came from social media, where she heard ample amounts of misinformation about what was in the vaccine and what it could do to her.

62. Waller adds 6 to Nashville corporate practice - Friday, July 9, 2021

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP has made several hires to strengthen the firm’s corporate practice in Nashville. They are:

• Matt Bryson, an associate who represents private companies and financial sponsors in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other investment, financing and exit transactions. Bryson previously was a member of the corporate team in Dentons’ Atlanta office.

63. Nissan Foundation gives $697K to 28 nonprofits - Friday, July 2, 2021

The Nissan Foundation has announced it is awarding $697,000 in grants to 28 nonprofit organizations for its 2021 grant cycle at metro areas where Nissan has an operational presence. Eight Nashville area agencies will benefit.

64. Edwards takes office as TBA president - Friday, June 25, 2021

Brentwood attorney Sherie Edwards has taken office as president of the Tennessee Bar Association, taking the oath of office from Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeff Bivins during the group’s annual convention in Memphis.

65. Educational Media moving to Nashville - Friday, April 2, 2021

Educational Media Foundation, parent company to K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks, AccessMore podcasts and WTA Media, plans to move its global headquarters in Nashville.

EMF has been growing its Tennessee presence over the last several years. It recently expanded its studio, from which the K-LOVE morning show and Air1 programs now broadcast, and its promotions, AccessMore podcasting, live events and WTA Media teams have offices in the area already. Members of EMF’s content division will begin moving into the existing offices and temporary space this summer.

66. Mule Day canceled due to COVID issues - Friday, February 5, 2021

The city of Columbia and the Maury County Bridle and Saddle Club – organizers for the annual Mule Day Parade and festivities – have announced the cancellation of Mule Day 2021, which had been planned for April 8-11. The decision was made after consideration of all potential options, and included input and recommendations from local health and public safety officials.

67. Biden's health team offers glimpse of his COVID-19 strategy - Friday, December 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's choices for his health care team point to a stronger federal role in the nation's COVID-19 strategy, restoration of a guiding stress on science and an emphasis on equitable distribution of vaccines and treatments.

68. Empty desks: Coronavirus robs US classrooms of teachers - Friday, November 13, 2020

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — In July, fourth-grade teacher Susanne Michael was ecstatic as she celebrated the adoption of a former student from a troubled home and two of the girl's brothers. For the festivities, Michael dressed them and her other children in matching T-shirts that read "Gotcha FOREVER."

69. California governor imposes new restrictions in pandemic - Friday, November 13, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was pulling the "emergency brake" Monday on reopening the state's economy as coronavirus cases surge at the fastest rate since the start of the outbreak.

70. Members of President-elect Biden's coronavirus task force - Friday, November 6, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the members of a team of public health and science experts to develop a blueprint for fighting the coronavirus.

A look at the members:

Dr. David Kessler, co-chair. Professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner from 1990 to 1997.

71. Study finds long-acting shot helps women avoid HIV infection - Friday, November 6, 2020

Researchers are stopping a study early after finding that a shot of an experimental medicine every two months worked better than daily pills to help keep women from catching HIV from an infected sex partner.

72. FDA panel reviews 1st new Alzheimer's drug in 2 decades - Friday, November 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the biggest drug decisions in decades is looming as U.S. regulators consider whether to approve the first medicine that's claimed to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

73. UK to infect healthy volunteers in vaccine research trial - Friday, October 16, 2020

LONDON (AP) — U.K. researchers are preparing to infect healthy young volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19, becoming the first to announce plans to use the controversial technique to study the disease and potentially speed up development of a vaccine that could help end the pandemic.

74. Europe, US reel as virus infections surge at record pace - Friday, October 16, 2020

Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S., forcing many places to reimpose tough restrictions eased just months ago.

75. Wood Stabell adds pair of attorneys - Friday, October 16, 2020

Wood Stabell Law Group, PLLC has hired two attorneys, Lin Ye and Ashley Gold. WSLG has now added four attorneys since 2019.

Lin is focusing on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and health care. With more than 10 years of experience, companies and investors in health care, technology, manufacturing, distribution and other industries have come to rely on Lin to advise them on a wide range of strategic corporate transaction and business arrangements.

76. Hollabaugh named to Benchmark Top 250 - Friday, September 11, 2020

Bradley’s Lela M. Hollabaugh has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation 2020.

Hollabaugh is one of 225 litigators –nearly half of the firm – who comprise Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group. She is managing partner of Bradley’s Nashville office and has served as the lead trial lawyer in more than a dozen jury trials, as well as more than two dozen bench trials, arbitrations and administrative hearings.

77. VUMC awarded $34M to lead plasma study - Friday, August 28, 2020

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a one-year, $34 million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct a nationwide study of “convalescent plasma” as a treatment for COVID-19.

78. Jim Bakker gets PPP loans during legal fight on fraud claims - Friday, August 21, 2020

When the U.S. government extended pandemic hardship loans to thousands of religious institutions, Jim Bakker and Morningside USA, his ministry in Blue Eye, Missouri, were among the most high-profile recipients.

79. Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim - Friday, June 12, 2020

DETROIT (AP) — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic.

80. Liberty Bell Awards to Behm, Nelson, Mosley - Friday, June 5, 2020

The Nashville Bar Association has chosen Margaret Behm, Jeanie Nelson and Juli Mosley as the recipients of the 2020 Liberty Bell Award for their work in creating Votes for Women, a permanent exhibit at the Nashville Public Library on woman suffrage and the legacy of the 19th Amendment.

81. Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopening - Friday, May 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican political operatives are recruiting "extremely pro-Trump" doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

82. Webb DX to market serology test - Friday, May 1, 2020

Nashville-based Webb Diagnostic Technologies will begin marketing a point-of-care serology test in the U.S. that can instantly detect antibodies in whole blood, serum and plasma for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the company has announced.

83. Doctors struggle to stay true to science but not cross Trump - Friday, April 24, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's becoming a kind of daily ritual: President Donald Trump and a phalanx of doctors file into the White House briefing room each evening to discuss the coronavirus, producing a display of rhetorical contortions as the medical officials try to stay true to the science without crossing the president.

84. Community Foundation awards 15 more grants - Friday, April 17, 2020

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has announced 15 additional grants of $592,000 to nonprofits and organizations helping victims affected by the March 3 tornadoes, including those in the Nashville area and in Putnam County.

85. Frist to chair Mayor Cooper’s COVID-19 response fund - Friday, March 13, 2020

Mayor John Cooper, with philanthropic, corporate and government partners, has created the COVID-19 Response Fund at United Way of Greater Nashville. The Fund’s advisory committee will be chaired by former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D.

86. AP FACT CHECK: Trump is wrong about insurers and coronavirus - Friday, March 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump incorrectly stated in his address to the nation that the health insurance industry has agreed to waive patient co-payments for treatment of COVID-19. The industry has not made such a commitment.

87. AP FACT CHECK: Trump is wrong about insurers and coronavirus - Friday, March 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump incorrectly stated in his address to the nation that the health insurance industry has agreed to waive patient co-payments for treatment of COVID-19. The industry has not made such a commitment.

88. Nashville artists help out on stage and off after tornadoes - Friday, March 6, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Members of the Grammy-winning string band Old Crow Medicine Show put down their fiddles and banjos and picked up chainsaws last week after deadly tornadoes hit Middle Tennessee.

89. Medical society elects first African American president - Friday, March 6, 2020

Robin Williams, M.D., has been named president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine for 2020. She is the first African American to be elected president of the organization, the oldest medical society in Tennessee, founded in 1821.

90. Major doctors' group calls for US to assure coverage for all - Friday, January 17, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — With health care an election-year priority, a major doctors' organization on Monday called for sweeping government action to guarantee coverage for all, reduce costs and improve the basic well-being of Americans.

91. Bass, Berry & Sims elects 8 new members - Friday, January 17, 2020

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC has elected eight new members in the firm. They are:

Taylor J. Ashley, who counsels clients on mergers, acquisitions, financings and other strategic transactions. Before joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Ashley was an associate at the Dallas office of Jones Day. Ashley earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. from the University of Kentucky.

92. Baker selected president of Nashville Bar Association - Friday, December 13, 2019

Laura Baker, a shareholder at the Law Offices of John Day, has been named 2020 president of the Nashville Bar Association.

She has spent more than 12 years representing clients in personal injury, wrongful death and tort litigation across the state, and has successfully represented clients in hundreds of injury cases including motor vehicle, wrongful death, and slip and fall accidents, as well as medical negligence and products liability cases.

93. Once-a-month birth control pill? Experiment works in animals - Friday, November 29, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy. Now scientists have figured out how to pack a month's supply into one capsule.

94. VUMC’s Roden wins Schottenstein Prize - Friday, November 22, 2019

Dan Roden, M.D., senior vice president for personalized medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been awarded the 2019 Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center.

95. Sherrard Roe places 25 on Best Lawyers list - Friday, September 20, 2019

Twenty-five attorneys at Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020.

Firm attorneys included in the publication are: Michael G. Abelow, Albert J. Bart, C. Dewey Branstetter, Jr., Kim A. Brown, L. Webb Campbell II, C. Mark Carver, Phillip F. Cramer, John L. Farringer IV, Scott W. Fielding, William L. Harbison, Lisa K. Helton, J. Scott Hickman, Mark Ison, Carla L. Lovell, Elizabeth E. Moore, Todd E. Panther, Gregory J. Pease, Tracy A. Powell, Michael D. Roberts, John H. Roe Jr., Carolyn W. Schott, Thomas J. Sherrard III, Mark T. Smith, John R. Voigt and Christopher C. Whitson.

96. Veteran attorney West moves to Miller & Martin - Friday, July 26, 2019

Attorney Dudley West, formerly with White & Reasor, has joined Miller & Martin’s Nashville office.

West has a diverse civil practice with an emphasis on business litigation and real estate. He has handled numerous commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions, and represented clients in a wide variety of business, real estate and other civil litigation matters in state and federal courts.

97. A ‘good daddy’ fueled Seddon’s reach for the stars - Friday, July 26, 2019

Rhea Seddon was 21 when man first landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and she, like so many of us, dreamed that day of being an astronaut.

She made it happen, becoming one of the first six women to be accepted into NASA’s Astronaut Corps.

98. Coal billionaire Cline killed in helicopter crash - Friday, July 5, 2019

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Billionaire coal entrepreneur Chris Cline, who worked his way out of West Virginia's underground mines to amass a fortune and become a major Republican donor, was killed in a helicopter crash along with six other Americans, his lawyer's office confirmed on Friday.

99. Raines retiring as dean of Belmont’s business school - Friday, July 5, 2019

Pat Raines, dean of Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business, has announced his retirement after 16 years of service to the school.

During Raines’ tenure, the school has received accolades from Princeton Review, BusinessWeek and Entrepreneurship magazine for having some of the top business programs in the country. The College of Business’s undergraduate enrollment has grown by more than 100%, and the graduate enrollment has increased by nearly 80%.

100. Spragens launches plaintiffs’ law firm - Friday, June 21, 2019

Class action plaintiffs’ attorney John Spragens has launched a new plaintiffs’ law firm representing consumers, whistleblowers and victims of abuse, discrimination, medical malpractice, serious injury and wrongful death.