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The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
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Ask a Doctor: Prevent back pain with small adjustments
With the change from summer to fall routines, how can I protect my back and maintain good posture?
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Tylenol, Kleenex, Band-Aid and more put under one roof in $48.7 billion consumer brands deal
Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a cash and stock deal worth about $48.7 billion, creating a massive consumer health goods company.
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Refugees will be among the first to lose food stamps under federal changes
After fleeing the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Antoinette landed in the Atlanta area last November and began to find her footing with federal help.
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Judge to consider demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday will consider a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program despite the government shutdown.
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Tennessee governor offers up food resource site
FeedTN.org comes after governor’s office said the state would not cover the cost for food aid funds
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Patients go without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupts a telehealth program
Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago to visit a speech therapist, he has benefited from virtual appointments from the comfort of his home.
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33K in Hamilton County face 40% hikes in health insurance rates
Starting Saturday, more than half a million Tennesseans and some 33,000 Hamilton County residents will visit healthcare.gov to purchase 2026 health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace and be hit with a "double whammy" cost increase.
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Chattanooga churches, organization coordinate response to impending food aid lapse
As many as 60 Chattanooga area churches, alongside other community organizations, attended a Zoom meeting in anticipation of an increased need for food assistance as federal food aid benefits are set to lapse Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown.
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Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from pulling funding for sex ed on gender diversity
A federal judge in Oregon has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from pulling sexual education funding over curricula mentioning diverse gender identities.
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Texas lawsuit against companies behind Tylenol asserts unproven claims of autism risk
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday accused the companies behind Tylenol of deceptively marketing the pain reliever to pregnant mothers in a lawsuit that asserted unproven claims that early exposure to acetaminophen increased risk of autism and other disorders.
