Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
More in Coronavirus, page 48
-
Pfizer asks US to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11
Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 in what would be a major expansion that could combat an alarming rise in serious infections in youngsters and help schools stay open.
-
Tennessee doctors who spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation could lose their licenses
Tennessee physicians who create or spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation or disinformation could now face disciplinary action, including suspension or revocation of their medical licenses in the most extreme cases, according to a new policy from the state medical board that oversees doctors.
-
Dalton Public Schools could soon offer free COVID-19 testing for students and staff
Rapid COVID-19 testing could be available for free on school campuses for students and staff at Dalton Public Schools in Dalton, Georgia, as soon as December.
-
Rural Alaska at risk as COVID surge swamps faraway hospitals
One Alaska Native village knew what to do to keep out COVID-19. They put up a gate on the only road into town and guarded it round the clock. It was the same idea used a century ago in some isolated Indigenous villages to protect people from outsiders during another deadly pandemic - the Spanish flu.
-
J&J seeks US clearance for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward expanding its booster campaign to millions more vaccinated Americans.
-
Children have led Georgia’s delta-driven COVID-19 surge
Children in Georgia had far higher rates of infection with COVID-19 than other age groups during the surge fueled by the delta variant this fall, a new state report shows.
-
Vaccines are here. School’s open. Some parents still agonize
Eight days into the school year, all five of Amber Cessac's daughters, ages 4 to 10, had tested positive for COVID-19.
-
Demand for third COVID-19 doses, booster shots is decreasing in Hamilton County
More than 12,500 Hamilton County residents received a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine - either an additional dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine - in the past month, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.
-
COVID-19 vaccine demand in Tennessee, Hamilton County wanes along with summer surge
Demand for first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations spiked in August and September during the surge of new infections and hospitalizations caused by the delta variant.
-
Doctors grow frustrated over COVID-19 denial, misinformation
The COVID-19 patient's health was deteriorating quickly at a Michigan hospital, but he was having none of the doctor's diagnosis.
