No industry in Tennessee has escaped the effects of COVID-19, and while mobility is returning for some types of businesses, others remain severely hit by the global pandemic, according to a new report released Friday.
Erlanger Health System's board of trustees voted unanimously Thursday in support of hospital CEO Dr. Will Jackson after an online column last week alleged that the hospital is in chaos under his leadership.
The number of people hospitalized and in the intensive care unit in Hamilton County with COVID-19 is higher than at any other point during the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 40% of the region's coronavirus-related deaths have occurred among residents of nursing homes, a figure pushed up after two new resident deaths reported Tuesday at the Life Care Center of Athens in McMinn County, Tennessee.
A group of local public health leaders sat around a picnic table at the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center on Wednesday, recapping a successful day of COVID-19 testing.
In addition to the highest one-day increase in positive cases, the county saw its highest ICU caseload for the pandemic
Dr. Thomas Devlin, a Chattanooga neurologist who helped Erlanger Health System gain national and international recognition in stroke care, has agreed with Erlanger to part ways, he said in a message to the Times Free Press.
Mark Wood was feeling fine on Wednesday afternoon when he came to get tested for COVID-19 at the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center on Dodson Avenue.
More mild cases are caught by screening, officials say. 'A slow simmer could be manageable,' expert says
The Hamilton County Health Department and community partners have numerous opportunities for free COVID-19 testing across the county in the coming days and weeks.
