Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
More in Coronavirus, page 88
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As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist
Jerry Ramos spent his final days in a California hospital, hooked to an oxygen machine with blood clots in his lungs from COVID-19, his 3-year-old daughter in his thoughts.
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Biden plan gives boost to early childhood funding after 1 in 8 preschool workers lose job in pandemic
As a teacher, principal, administrator and senior adviser to Chattanooga's Public Education Foundation, Edna Varner has spent most of her career working with and advocating for middle and high school students and teachers.
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Schools across US brace for surge of kindergartners in fall
School districts across the United States are hiring additional teachers in anticipation of what will be one of the largest kindergarten classes ever as enrollment rebounds following the coronavirus pandemic.
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US vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom
In Tennessee and North Carolina, demand for the COVID-19 vaccine has slowed down so much that they have given millions of doses back to the federal government, even though less than half of their total populations are vaccinated.
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Some J&J vaccine doses can be used, but many must be tossed
U.S. regulators are allowing the release of about 10 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory, but many more doses can't be used and must be thrown out.
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G-7 gathers to pledge 1 billion coronavirus vaccine shots for world
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greeted world leaders on a wooden boardwalk on the freshly raked sand of Carbis Bay to open the Group of Seven summit Friday, offering elbow bumps to dignitaries gathering for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Blackburn highlights Fauci links to Wuhan, Facebook; he calls comments ‘preposterous’
Dr. Anthony Fauci fired back Wednesday at Republican critics, including U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, calling some of the attacks on him "preposterous" and even "dangerous."
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Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?
Temporary side effects including headache, fatigue and fever are signs the immune system is revving up -- a normal response to vaccines. And they're common.
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Georgia health officials say COVID-19 vaccines work against Delta variant
The highly contagious coronavirus variant first seen in India and now overrunning Great Britain has been detected in Georgia, a potential threat to progress the state has made unless more people get vaccinated, health officials say.
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Downtown Chattanooga Alliance sees central city activity ramp up as pandemic eases
With the center city reopening as the pandemic eases, the Downtown Chattanooga Alliance is keeping pace as officials see a sharp upturn in its efforts involving cleanliness, hospitality and outreach.
