Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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COVID cases mounting among kids in custody of Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services
The department has failed to respond to inquiries on whether it is vaccinating eligible youth
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School-aged children make up a quarter of Hamilton County’s new COVID-19 cases
Hamilton County school-aged children have accounted for roughly 1 in 4 of the county's new COVID-19 cases in the past month - underscoring that the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus and other compounding forces are creating a new academic year far different from the last.
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CDC finds unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die of COVID
New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country.
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Faculty push not moving Georgia colleges on masks, vaccines
Protests from faculty members are still rising in Georgia's public universities, although leaders of Georgia's university system are not backing down from their position that schools can't require masks or vaccines.
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Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations at plateau, ICUs in crisis
Alabama's rapid rise in the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 appears to have stabilized, yet the state still faces the "real crisis" of an overwhelming number of patients needing intensive care, nearly all of whom aren't vaccinated, the chief health officer said Friday.
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Virus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities
When the last mourners departed and funeral director Shawn Troy was left among the headstones, he wept alone.
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Crushed by COVID-19 pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return
In pre-COVID times, business events - from small academic conferences to giant trade shows like CES - routinely attracted more than 1 billion participants each year.
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Airlines say rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales
Several leading U.S. airlines warned Thursday that the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant is hurting their bookings and further delaying the travel industry's recovery.
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Whitfield County inmates can now receive monoclonal antibody treatments
Inmates who test positive for COVID-19 in Whitfield County, Georgia, can now receive free monoclonal antibody treatments, which target the virus and have been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of hospitalizations and death.
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County employees can now volunteer for shifts at AdventHealth Gordon
County employees in Gordon County, Georgia, will soon have the opportunity to lend a hand at AdventHealth Gordon, a move that will provide much-needed relief at a hospital that has been overburdened by COVID-19 patients and hospitalizations for months.
