In 2020, more than 6 out of every 1,000 infants in Tennessee did not make it to their first birthday. In an effort to save lives, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford has partnered with the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) and the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) to reduce infant mortality by promoting breastfeeding, early elective delivery elimination, and safe sleep to meet the criteria for the BEST award. The BEST award stands for Breastfeeding, Early elective delivery reduction, and Saf .
SMYRNA, TENN. – The Jumpstart Job Fair will work to connect area high school juniors and seniors with employers, offering part-time and full-time employment, internships and work-based learning opportunities.All juniors and seniors within Rutherford County are invited to attend the Jumpstart Job Fair that will occur on May 10th from 9 am until 2 pm at TCAT in Smyrna.This will potentially give high schoolers a head-start on building job experience that will help them potentially land their .
Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Ascension Saint Thomas is excited to participate in Stop Food Waste Day, an international campaign seeking to combat food waste with an annual flagship awareness day on April 27 and diverse year-round initiatives. The event comes as Ascension Saint Thomas increases its comprehensive efforts to reduce food waste with an investment in digester machines (pictured above) for its Murfreesboro Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Depending upon model size, digesters process between .
Murfreesboro, Tenn. — The 18th Annual Read To Succeed Read To Bee Spelling Bee sponsored by Redstone Federal Credit Union was Friday evening, April 22nd, at Murfreesboro City Hall in the City Council Chambers. Eighteen sixth-graders from Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County Schools gathered to compete for the 2022 Read To Bee Champion title. The students were in the Council Chambers while their families watched live in the rotunda. After an intense nine rounds, Jason Lin from Central Ma .
Physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other hepatologists around the country to help figure out the origins of a mysterious liver disease affecting children ages 1 month to 16 years old.Largely reported in Europe, the unusually high number of cases of acute hepatitis — severe inflammation of the liver— has been labeled “acute hepatitis of unknown origin.” .