Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
When the race for coronavirus vaccines started, health officials knew the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided.
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Biden grappling with ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’
Two weeks after celebrating America's near "independence" from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and deaths - and the limitations of his ability to combat the persistent vaccine hesitance responsible for the summer backslide.
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‘There will be children who die’: Tennessee’s fired immunization chief blasts halt to outreach for kids
Tennessee has decided to halt all vaccine outreach for children and adolescents preparing to head back to school, which will cost lives and could worsen the state's current resurgence of COVID-19 cases, the pediatrician fired last week as the state's top immunization official said.
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Child tax credit starts hitting US families’ bank accounts
The child tax credit had always been an empty gesture to millions of parents like Tamika Daniel.
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Surgeon general urges US fight against COVID misinformation
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address an "urgent threat" to public heath.
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Tennessee vaccine chief fired despite prior positive evaluations
Tennessee Health Department officials on Thursday released a memo outlining their justifications for firing the state's top vaccination official, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, who was fired Monday after lawmakers objected to a state policy of encouraging teens to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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WHO chief says it was ‘premature’ to rule out COVID lab leak
The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and he said Thursday he is asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus.
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Tennessee governor takes heat for firing state health official who advocated teen vaccinations
Legislative Democrats on Wednesday criticized Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee over the firing of the state's immunization director over outreach to youth to get coronavirus vaccines.
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Georgia sees rise in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations
The number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Georgia has risen substantially over the past few weeks, mirroring a national trend that has public health experts worried.
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Ex-Tennessee vaccine leader: Firing put politics over health
Tennessee's former top vaccinations official said Tuesday that she couldn't stay silent after she was fired this week amid scrutiny from Republican state lawmakers over her department's outreach efforts to vaccinate teenagers against COVID-19.
