Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Business starts surge over 55% during coronavirus pandemic to a record high in Tennessee
The coronavirus crisis limited travel, gatherings and even most dining out or entertainment for a while last year, cutting more than 22 million U.S. jobs, including more than 42,000 jobs across Tennessee.
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Shoppers go back to stores, but retailers face challenges
Americans are going back to one of their favorite past times: store shopping.
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Facebook won’t remove posts claiming COVID-19 is human-made
Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured "in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts."
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Biden asks US intelligence officials to investigate COVID-19 origin
President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese lab.
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Georgia governor bans state government from requiring ‘vaccine passports’
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Tuesday that bans the state government from requiring proof of vaccination against the coronavirus, joining other Republican-led states in restricting the use of so-called "vaccine passports."
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Greene compares mask and vaccine mandates to Holocaust; Republican leaders condemn her comments
Some of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Republican colleagues are condemning language she used recently comparing wearing masks to the Holocaust.
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A little US city, battered by the virus, tells its stories
The beleaguered people of Central Falls moved quickly through the high school gym's injection stations and then to rest on dozens of metal folding chairs, borrowed from the Knights of Columbus.
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India virus death toll passes 300,000, 3rd highest in world
India crossed another grim milestone Monday with more than 300,000 people lost to the coronavirus, while a devastating surge of infections appeared to be easing in big cities but was swamping the poorer countryside.
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Hixson man charged with fraud, money laundering in COVID-19 PPE scheme
A 58-year-old Hixson man pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and money laundering as part of a scheme involving the fake purchase and resale of personal protective equipment used in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Tennessee.
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Alabama governor signs ‘vaccine passport’ ban
Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed legislation banning so-called vaccine passports as Alabama becomes the latest state to try to prohibit proof of a coronavirus vaccination to enter a business, school or event.
