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Bayer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Partner to Advance Heart and Kidney Treatments

Jan 20, 2026 at 12:44 pm by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, TN - Bayer and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Advance Treatments for Cardiovascular and Kidney Diseases Collaboration spans across various indications w.... Read More

UPDATE: Murfreesboro Woman Injured in Fatal Davidson County Crash

Jan 20, 2026 at 12:29 pm by WGNS News

Murfreesboro, Tenn. — A Murfreesboro woman was injured and a Nashville man was killed following a fatal two-vehicle crash early Friday morning in Davidson County, accord.... Read More

Incidental Genetic Finding May Signal Elevated Heart Disease Risk in Cancer Survivors

Jan 08, 2026 at 10:59 am by WGNS News

MIDDLE TENNESSEE - About 1 in 5 patients with cancer who undergo genetic testing are incidentally found to have mutations in their blood called clonal hematopoiesis of indeter.... Read More

Mammograms Meet Lung Scans in New Outreach

Dec 03, 2025 at 10:19 am by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, TN - Most women over 50 are familiar with mammograms as part of routine breast cancer prevention. But far fewer take advantage of low-dose CT scans for lung cancer,.... Read More

Rutherford County Mayor Joe Carr Hospitalized After Horse Training Accident

Nov 12, 2025 at 10:57 am by WGNS

LASCASSAS, Tenn. (WGNS) — Rutherford County Mayor Joe Carr is recovering at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being injured while training hor.... Read More

Smithville Man Identified in Fatal Clarksville Pike Crash; Investigation Underway into Previous Misidentification

Nov 12, 2025 at 12:03 am by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities have identified the man killed in Saturday’s two-vehicle collision on Clarksville Pike at Bobel Lane as 41-year-old Dustin McLeod of.... Read More

Scott and Sandi Borchetta Donate $5 Million to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital NICU

Nov 10, 2025 at 11:02 am by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, TN - Leaders from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt honored Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Label Group founder, chairman and CEO, and&nbs.... Read More

Vanderbilt Researchers Discover New Gene to Predict Severe Gout Drug Reactions in U.S. Patients

Oct 29, 2025 at 10:44 am by WGNS News

  HEALTH BEAT: A newly identified genetic marker may significantly improve the ability to predict life-threatening reactions to the gout medication allopurinol in U.S. p.... Read More

Four Killed in 2-Vehicle Nashville Crash Involving Murfreesboro Teen who was Allegedly Driving

Oct 27, 2025 at 07:51 am by WGNS News

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A devastating two-vehicle crash claimed the lives of four young men — including a Murfreesboro teenager — during the early morning.... Read More

Dr. Dan Rudd to Share Vital Updates on COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV--8:15AM Monday on WGNS

Oct 25, 2025 at 06:50 pm by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN - As cooler weather settles over Tennessee, health officials are bracing for a familiar but formidable trio: COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. The Centers fo.... Read More

Vanderbilt Study Finds Therapy Can Rewire the Brain and Reduce Schizophrenia Delusions

Oct 24, 2025 at 11:02 pm by WGNS News

Study: The belief that one’s environment is highly volatile (changes more frequently than it really does) can drive the development of persecutory delusions, a hallmark.... Read More

Forgotten and Highly Potent Synthetic Opioids Has Resurfaced as Lethal Street Drug

Sep 17, 2025 at 12:21 am by WGNS News

Nitazenes — a class of highly potent synthetic opioids — are rapidly emerging as a major contributor to the overdose crisis, according to a Pain Medicine&n.... Read More

Murfreesboro Man Charged After Hit-and-Run Crash Critically Injures Pedestrian

Sep 12, 2025 at 07:27 am by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, TN - Metro Police Traffic Unit investigators have charged 41-year-old George Henein of Murfreesboro with multiple offenses stemming from an early Thursday morning.... Read More

VUMC Part of New Study Validating Curative Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease A

Feb 27, 2025 at 03:24 pm by WGNS Radio News

HEALTH NEWS - A modified bone marrow transplant procedure for sickle cell disease (SCD) co-developed at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the University of Californ.... Read More

2 Dead in Shooting at Antioch High School, Deceased Identified

Jan 22, 2025 at 12:58 pm by WGNS

NASHVILLE - Authorities are investigating a deadly school shooting Wednesday (1/22/2025) morning at Antioch High School. That's where we find Access Tennessee's Will Nunl.... Read More

Serial Robbers Target Nashville Women in Violent Spree

Dec 03, 2024 at 04:47 pm by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Metro Police Violent Crimes detectives are urgently seeking the public’s help in their attempt to identify a man and a woman linked to at leas.... Read More

Caregiver Arrested in Middle TN for Aggravated Rape and Neglect of Vulnerable Adult

Oct 10, 2024 at 04:59 pm by WGNS News

SUMNER COUNTY, TN - A caregiver in Gallatin, TN, approximately 45 minutes north of Rutherford County, has been charged with multiple crimes following an investigation by Speci.... Read More

Murfreesboro Man Wanted for Vehicular Homicide in Fatal I-24 Crash

Sep 30, 2024 at 03:54 pm by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, TN - Metro Traffic Unit investigators are actively searching for 25-year-old Daniel Lorenzo Tyler of Murfreesboro, who is now wanted on vehicular homicide and reckl.... Read More

Double Homicide in La Vergne: Four in Custody

May 28, 2024 at 09:22 pm by WGNS News

La Vergne, Tenn. – Four people are in custody following a double homicide that occurred on Tuesday night at an apartment complex on Murfreesboro Road. The incident unfol.... Read More

MEDICAL: Acetaminophen Shows Promise in Warding off Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome for Sepsis Patients

May 20, 2024 at 07:12 pm by WGNS News

MEDICAL NEWS -  A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported clinical trial has found that intravenous acetaminophen reduced sepsis patients’ risk of having.... Read More