Publisher: Yahoo! News

Big improvements are coming to the University of Tennessee Health Science campus, where more than $600 million in investments are currently in the works.

First Horizon Foundation donated $5 million to help fund a new main building for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building, UTHSC announced in an Aug. 12 press release.

Leaders from across the state toured the Healing Hands Health facility in Bristol, Tennessee, to learn how the facility provides services to patients who are underinsured or uninsured.

When Amber Covington first came to the ShelbyCares Health Hub, her A1C — a measure of average blood sugar — was 12.9, a level indicating diabetes.

Kingsport city leaders celebrated the launch of a new continuing education program at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education.

For the first time in 25 years, people studying to become pediatricians can complete their residency in Knoxville.

Tennessee colleges and universities made the top 100 in multiple categories of the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best Graduate Schools in the United States, which were released in April.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that an examination into chemical contaminants in infant formula found “an overwhelming majority of samples had undetectable or very low levels of contaminants, affirming that the U.S. infant formula supply is safe.”