WATAUGA â Firefighters discovered a body inside a residence on Rasnick Hollow Road on Tuesday morning after a fire burned the home.
Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford said the body has not been identified, but a woman was the only occupant of the residence. He said the body has been taken to the Quillen College of Medicine for an autopsy.
Lunceford said Don Cogan of the state fire marshalâs office was investigating, assisted by arson investigators from the sheriffâs department. Lunceford said it did not appear there was any criminal activity involved in the fire.
Firefighters responded to the fire at 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday. The Watauga Volunteer Fire Department was the lead department in fighting the fire.
U.S. News & World Reportâs 2022 âBest Medical Schoolsâ listings ranked East Tennessee State Universityâs Quillen College of Medicine high in several key categories that reflect the medical schoolâs mission to educate future physicians, especially those with an interest in primary care, to practice in underserved rural communities.
The rankings list Quillen College of Medicine:
3rd in the nation for âMost Graduates Practicing in Underserved Areas,â with 63.5% of its graduates serving in this capacity;
13th in the nation in âBest Family Medicine Programsâ category;
25th in the category ranking the percent of 2012-2014 graduates practicing direct patient care in rural areas, with 9.7% of these graduates serving in this capacity; and
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Reported earlier:
ETSU Health will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend using the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The clinic will be held in the Millennium Center ballroom at 2001 Millennium Place. Appointments are available on Saturday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Sunday, March 21, from 2-6 p.m. Appointments are available to those 18 and older who are eligible under the stateâs current vaccination plan.
Dr. Adam Welch, an associate dean at East Tennessee State Universityâs Gatton College of Pharmacy, said the university first submitted its application to be a vaccination site last October â months before the first novel coronavirus vaccine was even approved for emergency use in the United States.
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