Aside from everyone wearing face masks, life within Erlanger hospital is starting to more closely resemble a time before the novel coronavirus brought Chattanooga health care systems to their knees, forcing them to pivot nearly all their energy toward preparing for a COVID-19 surge and conserving valuable resources for only the most essential services.
Teresa Evans can't begin to estimate how much money she's spent on cleaning supplies.
Here are answers to questions that newly eligible residents might have about getting the COVID-19 vaccine in the Chattanooga area.
Just over two months into community vaccination efforts, operations at Hamilton County's largest vaccination site at Enterprise South Nature Park are helping officials to vaccinate more than 1,300 new people a day.
More than 1 million Tennesseans will soon become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine after the Department of Health announced Tuesday it was expecting a large supply of the immunizations.
While new COVID-19 cases fell throughout the Chattanooga region in February, the long-lasting effects of the winter surge continued with 366 people dying from the virus last month.
A third COVID-19 vaccine option and the first to come in a single dose in the United States could be on the ground in Tennessee as early as Monday, according to the state's top health official.
The National Guard moved eight transport coolers for COVID-19 vaccines from Chattanooga to Shelby County on Wednesday to help vaccination efforts in Memphis as the county health department there is under investigation for vaccine stockpiling and mismanagement resulting in around 2,500 wasted or missing doses and another 51,480 unused doses held in inventory.
Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger has tapped cardiologist Dr. Mitch Mutter and accountant Warren McEwen to serve on the Erlanger Health System Board of Trustees.
A local faith-based health council whose goal is to improve health in Chattanooga's underserved communities will resume activities this month under a new name honoring late advocate and founding member Chris Ramsey.
