Hamilton County Schools will "strongly encourage" but not require students and staff to wear face masks when in-person learning resumes next month, despite rising COVID-19 cases, low vaccination rates and recommendations from leading medical organizations.
Tennessee will resume vaccine outreach - paused earlier this month amid pressure from some conservative state legislators - except for social media marketing aimed specifically at children, according to Tennessee's top health official.
A contract dispute between CHI Memorial Health Care System and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee could mean thousands of patients would soon be unable to see Memorial providers at in-network rates if an agreement between the two cannot be reached.
Hamilton County Health Department officials are sounding the alarm on the county's recent spike in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fueled by the more contagious delta variant.
After enjoying a month of the lowest COVID-19 levels seen since the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus is once again gaining steam in Hamilton County, with the average number of new cases rising more than 250% and test positivity rate doubling in the past two weeks.
Both the Hamilton County Health Department and the city of Chattanooga are continuing to advocate for childhood vaccinations, including the COVID-19 vaccine, despite the Tennessee Department of Health's recent decision to halt all youth vaccine outreach and fire its immunization programs director amid political pressure.
Former Chattanoogan Judy Spiegel was laid to rest in a Miami cemetery Tuesday, 20 days since her home at the Champlain Towers South condominium complex in Surfside, Florida, abruptly collapsed and took her life along with nearly 100 other confirmed victims.
Funeral services for former Chattanoogan Judy Spiegel - one of nearly 100 confirmed victims in last month's Surfside, Florida, condo collapse - will be held Tuesday morning in Miami.
Judy Spiegel, the former Chattanoogan whose family has held out hope throughout the rescue and recovery effort at the Surfside, Florida, building collapse, was confirmed dead by authorities on Sunday.
A recent statewide report reveals how rare serious and fatal COVID-19 infections occur in fully vaccinated Tennesseans, confirming the mantra heralded by local health officials in the months since coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths have plummeted thanks to highly effective vaccines.
