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Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Nashville, Jackson police investigating shootings that left innocent bystanders injured
Two teenage girls and a 42-year-old woman in Nashville are recovering after two separate incidents of errant gunfire injured them Memorial Day, while Jackson police investigate a shooting that injured seven. In total, Nashville police responded to at least two shootings with injury, a fatal stabbing and a fatal beating over Memorial Day weekend. The weekend first escalated when Oliver Paul McConnell suffered a head injury during a fight near Printers Alley early May 24. McConnell was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died. Then a Madison Precinct police officer was in the area of Madison First Baptist Church when he heard a fight and pulled into the parking lot just after midnight May 26. The officer found two men tussling on the ground, one with stab wounds. He later died at TriStar Skyline Medical Center, police said in a statement. Shortly before 4:30 a.m. May 26, police were called to 1 Titans Way. A 42-year-old woman and her boyfriend were in their tent near the East Bank greenway when they heard an argument across the Cumberland River and then gunfire. A bullet tore through the tent and hit the woman in both hands, police said in a statement. Investigators found two 9mm shell casings on the steps of the west bank along First Avenue North. A witness said he intervened in a fight between two groups of people and when one person pulled a firearm the witness walked away. "He then believed he heard shots being fired. He flagged someone down for help," police said in a statement. The woman was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she is recovering, police said. Later in the afternoon, police were called to Cedar Hill Park off Old Hickory Boulevard in Madison when two teen girls were injured in a shooting. The girls, 16 and 17, were caught in the crossfire of at least two feuding people, police said. "A number of teens were present at the park to take part in a publicized party to celebrate Memorial Day when an argument in the parking lot involving unidentified persons resulted in gunfire," police said in a statement. "The two girls were not involved in that dispute." A bullet grazed one girl in the leg. The other girl was shot in the arm and torso, police said. Anyone with information about the individuals involved in the gunfire downtown or at Cedar Hill Park is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463. In Jackson, police and officials are still trying to understand what happened at Kate Campbell Robertson Memorial Park May 24 when a shooting broke out. Police have given little information but said the shooting involved juveniles. Officials said one person is in critical but stable condition, two were injured but stable and later released, and the remaining four were treated for gunshot wounds and released immediately. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Bloody weekend: Nashville, Jackson police investigating shootings
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Man dead after downtown Nashville fight over Memorial Day weekend, police say
A 25-year-old Nashville man is dead after a Memorial Day weekend fight in downtown Nashville, police said. Officers found Oliver Paul McConnell with a critical head injury on Church Street near Printers Alley about 1:45 a.m. on May 24, according to a news release from the Metro Nashville Police Department. The Nashville Fire Department also responded to the scene. McConnell was taking to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and died over the weekend. According to police, the investigation so far shows that McConnell was in a fight with two other men who were identified by witnesses and surveillance video. Both men have been interviewed by police. No charges were placed as of Monday afternoon and an autopsy is pending, the release said. No other details were immediately available Monday afternoon. Reach reporter Rachel Wegner at RAwegner@ This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville police: Man dies after downtown fight
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Man dead after downtown Nashville fight over Memorial Day weekend, police say
A 25-year-old Nashville man is dead after a Memorial Day weekend fight in downtown Nashville, police said. Officers found Oliver Paul McConnell with a critical head injury on Church Street near Printers Alley about 1:45 a.m. on May 25, according to a news release from the Metro Nashville Police Department. The Nashville Fire Department also responded to the scene. McConnell was taking to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and died over the weekend. According to police, the investigation so far shows that McConnell was in a fight with two other men who were identified by witnesses and surveillance video. Both men have been interviewed by police. No charges were placed as of Monday afternoon and an autopsy is pending, the release said. No other details were immediately available Monday afternoon. Reach reporter Rachel Wegner at RAwegner@ This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville police: Man dies after downtown fight
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
'Big Beautiful Bill' means a Code Blue for Tennessee health care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been hit by $250 million in federal budget cuts. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) The U.S. House of Representatives passed their 'Big Beautiful Bill' by a vote of 215-214. Every member of the Tennessee Congressional delegation voted yes, with the exception of 9th District U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat. And with that vote, they put thousands of Tennesseans at risk of losing their healthcare and their food benefits. Cuts to TennCare, our state's Medicaid program, will hurt vulnerable Tennesseans — people with disabilities, low income pregnant women, the elderly and children — who depend on this program for access to primary care, preventative care, prenatal and postpartum care and skilled nursing care. We also face historic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, right as school lets out for the summer — a time when many kids go hungry. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 57,000 Tennesseans with children stand to lose their SNAP benefits. This means children will get up and go to bed hungry all over our state. Healthcare workers in Tennessee have been sounding the alarm bells on a number of issues for years now: COVID public health measures and vaccine outreach, threats to reproductive healthcare, and, more recently, the NIH funding cuts and the resulting loss of grant money for medical research. Here in Middle Tennessee, one of our biggest employers, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has announced $250 million in federal budget cuts and has already begun layoffs as a result of the funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). VUMC received $468 million in 2024 for medical research, the second most in the country according to Axios. Overall, Tennessee universities received $770 million in funding for research from the NIH last year alone. 250k Tennesseans could lose TennCare, private insurance under Congressional spending bill Statewide, the cuts have also affected the University of Tennessee Health System, Meharry Medical College and St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Meharry Medical College is an historically Black college (HBCU) in Nashville and it helps to fill the gap of underrepresented minorities in the healthcare workforce. In Memphis, St. Jude's is the hospital where parents can get treatment for their children with cancer and other diseases without fear of medically bankrupting their families. We have only just begun to feel the pain from the loss of the critical NIH funding source for these essential organizations. Eventually, medical research will slow, and breakthrough science, like the work that was done at Vanderbilt to develop the COVID vaccine, will be threatened. Now, it's time for health care workers and advocates to answer the call for healthcare again. We need to press that Code Blue button in Tennessee, gathering our colleagues together to fight the impending federal budget cuts that threaten Medicaid and SNAP. Inside the hospital, activating a Code Blue means there is a medical emergency and a patient in need of resuscitation. Here in Tennessee, our healthcare system is in dire straits. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 250,000 Tennesseans will lose their healthcare coverage as a result of Medicaid cuts and other changes to the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace. This is on top of the already over 635,000 Tennesseans lacking any healthcare coverage in 2023, about 11% of the population in our state. Because of our high uninsured rate, Tennessee has had more rural hospital closures per capita than anywhere else in the country, which has led to maternity care deserts and factors into our dismal maternal mortality rates. This 'Big Beautiful Bill' will have far-reaching consequences for all Tennesseans, not just those who rely on TennCare and SNAP. Hospitals, especially rural ones, run on slim margins and will be at increased risk of closure due to the Medicaid cuts. According to Becker's Hospital review, over 41% of rural hospitals in Tennessee are vulnerable. Rural hospitals in our state closing will inevitably lead to further crowding in the tertiary care hospitals in our big cities. Wait times in emergency departments will go up for everyone. Appointments to see primary care and specialists will be harder to get. It couldn't be any clearer: when one person is denied healthcare access, it affects us all. There is a Code Blue in Tennessee. Our patients, neighbors, hospitals and communities need our help. We cannot let heartless politicians pull the plug and flatline our safety net just to give tax cuts to billionaires. It's time to gather all hands on deck to save our healthcare system that is teetering on the brink before it's too far gone to resuscitate. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Medscape
20-05-2025
- Health
- Medscape
Depression Linked to 14% Increased Risk for Heart Failure
A history of depression was associated with a 14% higher risk for incident heart failure (HF) than no history of depression in a new study, even after adjusting for known HF risk factors and sociodemographic data. METHODOLOGY: This cohort study analyzed data of more than 2.8 million US veterans (median age, 54 years; 94% men; 69.5% White individuals; and 20% Black individuals) of the Veterans Affairs Birth Cohort between 2000 and 2015, with a median follow-up of 6.9 years. The included participants were free of HF at baseline and had three outpatient visits within 5 years. The time to incident HF was compared among participants with prevalent depression at baseline (8%) and those without depression at and after baseline. The analysis was adjusted for sociodemographic covariates, such as age, sex, race, and ethnicity, and clinical comorbidities and HF risk factors, such as diabetes, cholesterol, coronary artery disease, stroke, and atrial fibrillation. TAKEAWAY: Participants with depression had a higher rate of incident HF than those without depression (136.9 vs 114.6 cases per 10,000 person-years). After adjusting for covariates and cardiovascular risk factors, participants with depression had a 14% increased risk for incident HF compared with those without depression (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.14; 95% CI, 1.13-1.16). Analysis of a low-risk cohort without comorbidities at baseline revealed that depression was associated with a 58% higher risk for incident HF (adjusted HR, 1.58; 95% CI, 1.39-1.80) after adjustment. Among participants with prevalent depression, men had a greater risk for incident HF than women (adjusted HR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.60-1.80). IN PRACTICE: 'Depression is a leading cause of disability around the world, affecting 4.4% of the world's population (322 million people), and this rate continues to increase. Thus, depression remains a widely prevalent disease and a risk factor for HF that may be modifiable,' the investigators wrote. SOURCE: The study was led by Jamie L. Pfaff, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. It was published online on May 8 in JAMA Network Open . LIMITATIONS: This retrospective study relied on older electronic health record data and billing codes through 2015, which may have led to misclassification bias. It lacked detailed information on depression treatment and socioeconomic risk factors, and it did not compare depression with other mental health conditions linked to cardiovascular risk. DISCLOSURES: The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. One investigator reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health during the conduct of the study.
