Single parents, seniors, sick people and others struggling to bounce back from misfortune - these were some of the individuals helped by the Chattanooga Times Free Press Neediest Cases Fund throughout 2019.
Last year was a busy one for health news in Tennessee.
A total of 620 children will have undergone sleep studies at the Children's Hospital at Erlanger by the end of 2019.
Help comes in many forms, and it doesn't have to be financial. Carmen Hutson said one of the Chattanooga area community's greatest needs is more employers and ones who are willing to accept people with criminal records, especially felons.
Some providers who infuse specialty drugs say a new policy from Tennessee's largest health insurance company could cause them to end the service, threatening their practice and forcing patients to find a new place to receive their life-changing drug infusions.
School bus driver Dave Albert found himself in a tight spot when Hamilton County Schools changed its bus service provider from Durham School Services to First Student Inc. this spring.
Fifty-eight-year-old Edward Hughes III is no stranger to hard work, but he was struggling to keep his head above water.
Children's Hospital at Erlanger was one of 120 hospitals in the nation to be named a 2019 Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization focused on health care safety and quality.
Eleventh-grader Christina Fischborn stood on her school's athletic field Wednesday morning and recalled a time she was playing soccer after a hard rain.
This year's influenza season is starting early compared to the last two years, as local reports of flu-like illness are on the rise through early December, according to an alert from the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department.
