Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Alabama health officer: Face mask requirement may be needed indoors
Cases of COVID-19 are rising exponentially in Alabama's largest metro area because a new, highly contagious variant is spreading among the unvaccinated, and public places should consider a return to requiring face masks, the head of the area health department said Thursday.
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Biden stepping up community grants from COVID-19 bill
President Joe Biden's administration is beginning to make $3 billion in economic development grants available to communities - a tenfold increase in the program paid for by this year's COVID-19 relief bill.
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What is a COVID-19 vaccine ‘breakthrough’ case?
What is a COVID-19 vaccine "breakthrough" case?
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee defends agency’s vaccine chief firing, outreach rollback
Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday came out in full defense of his administration's firing of the state's vaccination chief and rollback of outreach for childhood vaccines.
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Rare ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion
Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doing exactly what they are supposed to: dramatically reducing severe illness and death.
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CDC probes deaths in immunized patients in nursing homes
Lagging vaccination rates among nursing home staff are being linked to a national increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths at senior facilities in July, and are at the center of a federal investigation in a hard-hit Colorado location where disease detectives found many workers were not inoculated.
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College coaches, administrators urging players to vaccinate
Over the summer, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban urged his fellow Alabama residents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in a public service announcement.
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Tennessee Republican lawmakers warn schools not to push COVID-19 vaccine to students absent parental consent
After successfully pressuring Republican Gov. Bill Lee's administration and state health officials to back away from encouraging minors to seek coronavirus vaccines without parental permission, two top GOP lawmakers on Wednesday redirected their focus to Tennessee schools and universities.
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Marion County’s jail has 28 confirmed COVID-19 cases since first cases discovered last week
At least 28 inmates at the jail in Marion County, Tennessee, have been confirmed to have coronavirus infections after an inmate transferred to state custody last week tested positive and officials discovered an outbreak had started.
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Hamilton County officials urge residents to get vaccinated or wear face masks as COVID-19 cases rise
Hamilton County Health Department officials are sounding the alarm on the county's recent spike in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fueled by the more contagious delta variant.
