Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Rep. Smith seeks legal opinion on whether Tennessee employers can require workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations
State Rep. Robin Smith is asking Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery for a legal opinion as to whether employers can require their workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Contact tracing takes a back seat during latest COVID surge
Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation's pandemic response.
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Sequatchie County Schools to close next week as COVID-19 exposures mount
Sequatchie County Schools announced Friday that all public schools in the county would be closed next week in response to increases in COVID-19 infections.
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Chattanooga health care workers feel weight of latest COVID surge: ‘I thought we had made it’
The early weeks of 2021 carried a sense of promise for the Chattanooga health care workers who were weathering a devastating winter surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
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US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus
U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.
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Five Hamilton County schools shift to remote learning next week
Many of the campuses with the highest mask opt-outs have gotten the highest COVID-19 case rates
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Chattanooga hospitals no longer testing individuals with mild symptoms for COVID-19 in emergency rooms
Chattanooga hospitals CHI Memorial, Erlanger Health System and Parkridge Health System will no longer administer COVID-19 tests to patients with mild symptoms in their emergency rooms, according to a joint statement released on Friday.
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100,000 more COVID deaths seen unless US changes its ways
The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model. But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces.
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Dilemma for Fed chief: High inflation and a surging virus
Not long ago, anticipation was high that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might begin to sketch out a plan this week for the Fed to start pulling back on its support for an economy that has been steadily strengthening.
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Hamilton County hospitals see record number of COVID-19 patients as many Georgia hospitals hit capacity
The number of COVID-19 patients in Hamilton County hospitals reached 244 on Thursday - a record high for the pandemic - as an unrelenting coronavirus surge pushes health systems across the region to the brink.
