Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Tennessee’s COVID-19 variant testing lags as omicron cases grow
Tennessee's ability to detect the presence of coronavirus variants remains extremely limited as the new variant omicron draws worldwide attention, leaving public health officials largely in the dark in terms of knowing if omicron is in the state.
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Omicron unravels travel industry’s plans for a comeback
Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw up new barriers to travel in an effort to contain the omicron variant.
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What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?
What's the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S.?
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Omicron and delta spell return of unpopular restrictions
Greeks who are over age 60 and refuse coronavirus vaccinations could be hit with monthly fines of more than one-quarter of their pensions - a get-tough policy that the country's politicians say will cost votes but save lives.
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As omicron looms, US is still battling the delta wave
While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in some states, especially in the Midwest and New England.
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UN migration agency: COVID has ‘radically altered’ mobility
The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated "hostile rhetoric" against migrants in the world and "radically altered" mobility, projecting in a new report that travel and other COVID-19-fighting restrictions could dampen migration worldwide as long as they remain.
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COVID-19 cases on the upswing in the Chattanooga area after two months of decline
After over two months of steady improvement, key metrics used to track the Chattanooga region's COVID-19 outbreak have risen slightly over the past week.
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Tennessee comptroller revokes exemptions from state ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower announced Wednesday he has suspended authority for nearly 70 businesses, universities, hospitals, governmental authorities and other employers to impose COVID-19 vaccine requirements on workers following preliminary rulings by federal trial court judges in Kentucky and Louisiana.
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US tracking of virus variants has improved after slow start
After a slow start, the United States has improved its surveillance system for tracking new coronavirus variants such as omicron, boosting its capacity by tens of thousands of samples per week since early this year.
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FDA panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck
A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched COVID-19 pill from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to treat the coronavirus.
