Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12
COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer's shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.
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Americans set another pandemic-era record for air travel
Americans set a record for pandemic-era air travel, then broke it again over the Mother's Day holiday weekend.
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Two major venues to lift virus capacity limits in Nashville
Two major Nashville venues will soon lift capacity restrictions as the city continues to reopen from implementing limitations on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tearful reunions mark second Mother’s Day under pandemic
Joyous reunions among vaccinated parents and children across the country marked this year's Mother's Day, the second one celebrated during the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘Giving life’: Chattanooga woman says donating her kidney to her son was the best Mother’s Day gift ever
Two years ago was the worst Mother's Day of Maria Castro Camacho's life. The medications that her eldest son, 24-year-old Santiago Castro Camacho, was taking to keep his kidneys functioning had stopped working, and he was forced to go on dialysis.
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Vaccination rates continue falling in Hamilton County, threatening herd immunity and prolonging COVID-19 pandemic
The number of new people getting vaccinated for COVID-19 in Hamilton County each day is about a third of what it was a month ago as the region grapples with the regional and nationwide problem of vaccine hesitancy and plummeting rates of new patients getting shots.
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New York City is still storing COVID-19 victims in refrigerated trucks
New York City is still using refrigerated trucks to store bodies of coronavirus victims, more than a year after they were first set up as temporary morgues as deaths surged at at the height of the pandemic.
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World Health Organization panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine
The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorization Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinopharm, potentially paving the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries through a U.N.-backed program rolling out coronavirus vaccines.
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Tennessee recruits record business projects during coronavirus pandemic
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Tennessee economic recruiters landed both the biggest one-time capital investment and the largest job expansion in state history last month.
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Chattanooga mayor lifts restrictions on softball fields, amends COVID-19 order to follow CDC guidelines
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly updated his COVID-19 executive order on Friday, lifting restrictions on city softball fields and basing the order on federal guidance.
