Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot
President Joe Biden on Thursday is toughening COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers and contractors as he aims to boost vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nation's economic recovery.
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8 Tennessee public school employees dead from COVID in first month of school
Just before she went to bed on Tuesday, Tennessee Education Association President Beth Brown got word of yet another public school teacher who died this week as a result of COVID-19.
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Sweeping new vaccine, testing mandates for 100 million Americans
President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nation's economic recovery.
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COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom
The summer that was supposed to mark America's independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March.
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Chattanooga-area health care experts urge vaccinations as COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths rise
The rising number of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 in the Chattanooga area is a needless tragedy that could have been prevented - and can still be curbed - by vaccinations, local health care experts said during a recent panel discussion.
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World Health Organization chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year
The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding an earlier request that has largely fallen on deaf ears.
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Georgia hospitals swamped by COVID-19 postpone surgeries
Atlanta's public safety net hospital became the latest to temporarily cancel elective surgeries on Wednesday, saying it's being overrun with COVID-19 patients.
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National Guard arrives to help Chattanooga’s CHI Memorial Hospital give Regeneron COVID-19 treatment
Members of the Tennessee National Guard arrived in Hamilton County on Wednesday to assist with CHI Memorial Health System's monoclonal antibody injection clinic, which recently expanded its capacity to treat up to 50 outpatients a day.
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North Georgia health leaders sign joint letter urging vaccinations
Public health leaders from across North Georgia are encouraging the region's residents to get vaccinated and reduce the strain of COVID-19 on local health care systems and providers.
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UAB ER nurses hold protest over conditions, pay
Emergency room nurses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital briefly refused to clock in Sunday night as part of a protest over pay and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic that they said has left them overwhelmed and feeling defeated.
