Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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How can I protect a child too young for a COVID-19 vaccine?
Children younger than 5 can't get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. yet, but there are steps you can take to protect them from infection over the holidays.
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UK data suggests hospitalization is less likely with omicron
Preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are 50% to 70% less likely to be hospitalized than those with the delta strain, Britain's public health agency announced Thursday in a finding that one researcher called "a small ray of sunlight."
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Search for a COVID-19 test means sold-out signs, long lines
President Joe Biden promised to distribute hundreds of millions of free COVID-19 tests and to open more testing sites to fight surging infections, but the stepped-up efforts will not come in time for people who want to find out if they are infected before the holidays.
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US sets shorter COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers
Worried that a new COVID-19 wave could overwhelm understaffed U.S. hospitals, federal officials on Thursday loosened rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive.
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Tennessee adjusts COVID death toll up to more than 20,600
Tennessee officials say a review has led them to adjust the state's number of COVID-19 deaths to 20,644, up by about 2,700.
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Omicron drives Chattanooga region COVID-19 spike, over 95% of new cases due to the new variant
Less than a month since it was first detected in the United States, the new omicron variant of the coronavirus has by far taken over as the dominant strain in the country and region.
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Omicron less likely to put you in the hospital, studies say
Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta version.
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In Greece, taxis help with race to deliver booster shots
Long before the pandemic and mobile apps, Greeks took pride in their delivery culture, the ease with which hot meals, repaired items, coffees and cold beers could appear in minutes by motorbike or carried on a hanging tray.
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As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst
The medicine man told her she should soon give her son back to the earth.
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Tennessee nears 21,000 COVID-19 deaths after state review finds 2,700 additional fatalities
More than 20,000 Tennesseans have died because of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, but almost 2,700 of those lives lost are just now coming to light as the state shores up data and reporting lags through the end of the year.
