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Number of tax credit eligible residents - 387,000

Erlanger Health System employees could have easily feared an April Fools' prank when they read an email memo sent to them Tuesday:

After months of advocating, Erlanger Health System will soon receive a multi-million dollar cash infusion from two key federal funding pools, hospital officials announced Tuesday.

For the first time last year, the majority of babies born in the U.S. were not white.
* Sequatchie County population - 14,521 (expected to grow to 15,652 by 2017)
With the deadline for health insurance signups under the Affordable Care Act looming Monday, local volunteers are holding a signup event at the South Chattanooga Recreation Center.

The following numbers and percentages of Affordable Care Act insurance enrollments were recorded from October 2013 through February 2014:
Erlanger's Southeast Regional Stroke Center has been awarded the Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Vapor, not smoke: Vaporizers, also known as e-cigarettes, do not produce a combustible "smoke" like traditional cigarettes, nor do they contain tar. Rather, they contain a small battery that converts a liquid from small cartridges into a water-based vapor. The health effects of the vapor are still unclear, officials say.