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The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
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Ask a Doctor: Are holiday meals dangerous for people with food allergies?
Q: I've heard that potluck meals and holiday gatherings can be risky for people with food allergies. What makes them so dangerous, and what precautions should we take?
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Hamilton County Schools has agreements with five mental health providers. Here’s how it’ll work
After 13 weeks of discussion around school-based mental health services, Hamilton County families will now have multiple choices for their children to receive counseling at school.
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UTC nursing program to become stand-alone college
As the state and nation faces a shortage of nurses, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is preparing to elevate its School of Nursing to become the university's fifth standalone college.
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More than 3 dozen sickened in infant botulism outbreak tied to contaminated formula
More than three dozen babies have been sickened in an infant botulism outbreak tied to contaminated formula, federal health officials say.
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ByHeart baby formula from all lots may be contaminated with botulism bacteria, tests show
Tests of ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak that has sickened dozens of babies showed that all of the company's products may have been contaminated.
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Ask a Doctor: How can I protect my child from concussions?
Concussions can happen anytime a child experiences a bump, fall, or blow to the head.
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RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC’s new guidance on vaccines and autism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don't cause autism, he told The New York Times in an interview published Friday.
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Erlanger gets $4.5M for rural hospitals in bill ending government shutdown
A bill signed by President Donald Trump that ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history included $1.5 million for upgrades to Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital in Pikeville.
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Trump and Republicans once more face a tough political fight over Obama-era health law
President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama's signature health care law, picking a political fight before next year's elections that is reminiscent of one he lost in his first term.
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Cases jump to 31 in the botulism outbreak tied to baby formula. Here’s what to know
More than 30 babies in 15 states have been sickened in a growing outbreak of infant botulism linked to recalled ByHeart infant formula, federal health officials said Wednesday.
