Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Lawmakers: Parental OK needed for minors to get COVID shot in Tennessee
Two Tennessee Republican lawmakers said Wednesday they received assurances that the state's health agency won't vaccinate minors for COVID-19 without parental consent, doubling back on a decades-old provision about children's vaccination rights that was a lightning rod in the firing of the state's top vaccine official.
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Tennessee takes down alternative COVID-19 care sites
Tennessee officials say they've finished deconstructing emergency COVID-19 care sites in Nashville and Memphis.
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Schools confront more polarization with mask rules for fall
With COVID-19 cases soaring nationwide, school districts across the U.S. are yet again confronting the realities of a polarized country and the lingering pandemic.
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McConnell urges Americans: ‘Get vaccinated’ as cases spike
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell implored unvaccinated Americans Tuesday to take the COVID-19 shot, issuing a stark and grave warning of a repeat of last year's rising caseloads and shutdowns if people refuse to protect themselves from the coronavirus.
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Canada to let vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9
Canada announced Monday it will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.
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Five-year-old son of Whitfield County deputy dies of COVID-19
Wyatt Gibson, a 5-year-old boy from Murray County, Georgia, and the son of a Whitfield County sheriff's deputy, died Friday after complications from COVID-19.
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Pandemic recession ended in April 2020, shortest on record
It hit like a derailed train, was hugely destructive but short-lived.
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COVID-19 outbreak at Franklin County Jail triggers return to coronavirus protocols
Sheriff says 20 inmates quarantined
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Los Angeles hopes new mask mandate will reverse virus spike
Los Angeles County residents are again required to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status - a new mandate starting this weekend that health officials hope will reverse the latest spikes in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Alabama asks feds if COVID funds can be used for prisons
Alabama is asking federal officials whether COVID-19 recovery funds can be used to improve state prisons with "better, enhanced, and/or extended infrastructure."
