All Tennesseans age 75 and older are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines in most Southeast Tennessee counties, including Hamilton, based on changes to the state's vaccination plan released Wednesday.
From back-to-back virtual meetings and working from home to cutting travel and juggling family needs, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended how people live and work, leaving many feeling overwhelmed, stressed or burned out.
On Nov. 9 - a week before Whitfield County topped the state of Georgia in new COVID-19 cases per capita - Dr. Pablo Perez presented his case for a face mask mandate to the county commission.
DALTON, Ga. - Stoney Ponders took notice when news broke in March that a funeral nearly 300 miles to the South in Albany, Georgia, sparked what would become one of the nation's first and most noteworthy COVID-19 clusters.
This is the first of a three-part series exploring the coronavirus pandemic in the Chattanooga region and Whitfield County.
After coronavirus relief, public health system ended 2020 fiscal year with $35.3 million net income from operations
Frontline health care workers at Parkridge Medical Center were among the first people in Tennessee to get the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine after a shipment arrived at the hospital Thursday morning.
Tennessee's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive at 27 hospitals across the state around Dec. 19, and those most at-risk from the serious and deadly COVID-19 infection will begin to access the revolutionary new drugs.
The Hamilton County Health Department will no longer notify the close contacts of those positive with COVID-19 and asked residents to self-police their quarantine periods, signaling the outbreak is overwhelming Chattanooga's established public health practices.
Hamilton County broke five records Wednesday among statistics central to measuring the impact of COVID-19 as the virus continues to spread rapidly in the community.
