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The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
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Tennessee launches first grants under $207M rural health transformation fund
The Tennessee Department of Health has released the first schedule of competitive grant opportunities tied to the state's $206.9 million federal Rural Health Transformation Program.
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Ask a Doctor: Regular eye exams can reveal health problems elsewhere in the body
Q: Can your eyes reveal other health problems happening in your body?
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Parkridge plans surgery center at former U.S. Xpress site without Erlanger
Parkridge Health System is still pursuing plans for an outpatient surgical center off Interstate 75 in East Brainerd, but Erlanger Health is no longer involved.
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A second Ebola treatment center is set ablaze in eastern Congo, with 18 suspected cases fleeing
Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack in the region in a week.
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Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessment
Authorities in northeastern Congo banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people Friday in an effort to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in a region where medical workers have struggled with a lack of resources and pushback from angry residents.
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Ride-along: Georgia Trooper investigates fatal crash ahead of holiday weekend
Georgia State Patrol is advising drivers to be especially cautious on the roadways this Memorial Day weekend as one of the country's busiest travel holidays kicks off amid rainy conditions forecast in the region.
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Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak
People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to contain.
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Life jackets, sober captains top topics for Safe Boating Week
Safety is the top priority as authorities across the state and nation ramped up law enforcement and boater education efforts with National Boating Safety Week, as summer's first major holiday gives boaters a chance to hit the water.
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3 dead in New Mexico and first responders decontaminated after exposure to unknown substance
Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, authorities said.
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Trump eases refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs
The Trump administration on Thursday loosened federal rules requiring grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cooling equipment, a step that President Donald Trump said would help lower grocery costs.
