Tennessee's low COVID-19 vaccination rate threatens more than just those who choose not to get vaccinated, which is why the health care and scientific communities are pushing for more education and efforts to combat vaccine hesitancy in order to get more shots into arms.
Health department adds more first and second dose appointments
Orange Grove Center's outdated CPR dummies were destined for the dumpster until Dr. Rick Rader decided their work teaching the importance of heart health wasn't over.
Patients established with CHI Memorial Medical Group can now be vaccinated at one of 11 Memorial locations in Tennessee as long as they are eligible for vaccination in their county of residence where the clinic is located.
California and New York mutations also recently detected here
All Tennessee residents age 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine no later than April 5, according to an announcement Monday from the Tennessee Department of Health.
With the promise of widespread COVID-19 vaccine availability on the horizon, employers may be weighing whether to require workers to be vaccinated in order to safely return to work.
All Hamilton County residents and workers age 55 and up are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the county effective immediately, according to a Thursday announcement from the Hamilton County Health Department.
The COVID-19 vaccine campaign in the Chattanooga region has begun to shift away from supply-and-demand challenges that marked early efforts and will face a new challenge in the coming months - how to get doses in the arms of those who haven't yet received them.
On Friday, another 101 manila folders were added to the stacks and boxes lining what was once empty space in a repurposed conference room now used for COVID-19 case investigations at the Hamilton County Health Department.
