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Your Tuesday at a glance:

  • Weather: High 79; partly sunny, isolated AM showers
  • What to eat: In lieu of a recipe today, here’s a look at the conundrum some Chattanooga restaurants are facing as they decide whether or not to reopen.
  • What to do: Take an online cooking class with Chattanooga chef Charlie Loomis.
  • What we’re excited about: Comedian Bob Saget’s new Studio71 podcast, “Bob Saget’s Here for You.”

Greetings, Chattanooga!

We can all agree that health care professionals are more essential now than ever – which makes our fifth annual Champions of Health Care feel especially significant.

Every year, we recognize local leaders in the field, who are nominated by their peers and patients. (Here’s a story about one of last year’s champions.) Now, we are again opening up nominations for the program, which is sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and the Chattanooga and Hamilton County Medical Society.

And now, today’s top stories:

Chattanooga wants to pay up to $1.8 million in rent for those affected by coronavirus

The video chat market is booming. And the competition to unseat Zoom is fierce. Here’s a look at some of the up-and-coming platforms.

And, home health care is becoming a new front in the national fight against COVID-19 as some patients come back from hospitals and others strive to stay out of them.

– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com

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