Health
The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
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Planned 5-day strike at Kaiser Permanente health care facilities ends, with plans for further talks
A planned five-day strike by thousands of registered nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California, Hawaii and Oregon ended on Sunday, union leaders and the health care system said.
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‘Demon Copperhead’ author lays foundation for women in Appalachia to beat addiction
On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of Higher Ground Women’s Recovery Residence.
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Help, I need to disenroll from a Medicare Advantage plan
Toni, In August, my husband and I enrolled in a Medicare Supplement, which has not paid a medical claim because we were in a Medicare Advantage plan when we applied for the Medicare Supplement.
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Five things to know about expiring federal health care subsidies
Why everyone should pay attention, even if you don’t receive federal aid
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Alabama WIC funding in danger amid federal government shutdown
Alabama's top public health official said Thursday he is worried about funding for a food assistance program for pregnant women and babies amid the federal government shutdown.
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Court ruling allows Georgia woman to pursue lawsuit against makers of hair relaxer products
A woman who says she developed a medical condition after using a common hair product can continue legal action against the manufacturers after a decision from the Georgia Supreme Court released Wednesday.
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‘I might die’: Subsidy loss could affect half a million Tennesseans
Chattanooga resident Cheri Roberts, 62, said on Wednesday that if the shutdown of the federal government continues, she worries her very health could hang in the balance.
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‘What the hell are people going to do?’: Nashville grapples with worsening hunger, food deserts
In September, Metro Social Services held a first of its kind food pop-up in North Nashville at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church.
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About 600 CDC workers are expected to be permanently fired after latest round of cuts
Public health experts in Georgia are speaking out against furloughs at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention they say have left hundreds of employees at the agency unemployed as the federal government shutdown enters its third week.
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CVS polishes off deal to buy former Rite Aid stores, prescription files
CVS has finished buying customer prescription files from hundreds of closed Rite Aid drugstores and is now running 63 of the defunct chain’s locations.
