A new private equity firm aiming to purchase and turn around financially distressed urban and suburban hospitals has offered $475 million to buy Erlanger Health System from Hamilton County.
Quarantine is a longstanding public health tool thrust into the spotlight by the coronavirus pandemic, affecting everything from home life to work and travel schedules.
From trying new drugs to changing how they use ventilators, Chattanooga area clinicians have become a lot better at treating COVID-19 patients since the early days of the global pandemic.
Hamilton County Schools will continue to follow public health recommendations despite new guidance from the state, which says school districts can deem teachers essential workers in order to avoid quarantine after a COVID-19 exposure as long as they adhere to other safety measures.
Hamilton County Schools reported two new coronavirus cases among employees, for a total of 13 active employee cases, according to the district's new COVID-19 online data dashboard announced Thursday.
It's normal for school-aged kids to come home with a cough, fever or sore throat, but a return to school during the coronavirus pandemic is far from normal.
The situation has improved in areas with mandates, as the state reels from deadliest week to date
As mask mandate starts to show progress, a new challenge awaits those hoping to stem the spread
In some parts of Tennessee, including Hamilton County, the trend of new daily COVID-19 cases shows signs of improving, indicating that public health interventions such as public face mask mandates may be helping to slow the growth of some local outbreaks.
More than half of Tennessee's newly reported cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations are now in areas outside of the state's two largest metro areas of Nashville and Memphis, according to a new Vanderbilt University analysis released Monday.
