The Chattanooga area's worst COVID-19 patient surge to date appears to be subsiding, as new cases and hospitalization data show a marked decline since their mid-September peak.
Many vaccinated Tennesseans could be denied access to monoclonal antibodies in favor of unvaccinated people as new recommendations aim to conserve the life-saving treatment for those at highest risk of COVID-19 hospitalization.
The proportion of serious and fatal COVID-19 infections among vaccinated Tennesseans is growing, but experts caution against using data on "breakthrough" infections - which occur when fully vaccinated people are infected by the coronavirus - to draw broad conclusions about vaccine efficacy.
An increasing number of younger Hamilton County residents are dying because of COVID-19 as a result of the ongoing summer surge powered by the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.
Hospice of Chattanooga and other end-of-life care and support services providers within the Alleo Health System have been purchased by Virginia-based Care Hospice, according to a joint statement from officials.
Tennessee leads the nation in COVID-19 cases per capita since the start of the pandemic - as well as new cases over the past week - placing it at the center of the current coronavirus surge in the U.S.
Hamilton County school-aged children have accounted for roughly 1 in 4 of the county's new COVID-19 cases in the past month - underscoring that the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus and other compounding forces are creating a new academic year far different from the last.
Members of the Tennessee National Guard arrived in Hamilton County on Wednesday to assist with CHI Memorial Health System's monoclonal antibody injection clinic, which recently expanded its capacity to treat up to 50 outpatients a day.
Sabrina Novak, director of administrative services for the Hamilton County Health Department, will replace outgoing administrator Becky Barnes as interim health department administrator.
Despite ongoing negotiations and aggressive ad campaigns, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and CHI Memorial have been unable to reach a contract agreement - putting thousands of patients in jeopardy of losing in-network coverage at Chattanooga's second-largest health system if the two sides cannot come to terms before the Sept. 8 deadline.
