Health
The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
More in Health, page 62
-
Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits
In pain so bad he couldn’t stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully hadn’t yet spread.
-
FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots
The Trump administration's effort to impose new requirements on Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine — the nation's only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too.
-
Ask a Doctor: Combat sleep deprivation with a routine
Q: I've heard that missing sleep adds up like a debt. Is that true? Can I just catch up on weekends, or is the damage done?
-
Doctors unsure of why a man’s kidneys failed. He’s among 3,000 in need of an organ statewide
After spending his career as an oceanographer, Greg Miller devoted himself to his many passions, including volunteering, master gardening and wine making.
-
Rules for enrolling in Medicare when self-employed are confusing
Dear Toni, I am self-employed with an individual health plan and confused about enrolling in Medicare when I turn 65 in July.
-
BlueCross nears settlement with employees fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine over religious reasons
A group of former BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee employees allegedly fired after declining to get the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons are nearing a settlement with the insurance provider, a federal status report shows.
-
RFK Jr. recounts heroin addiction and spiritual awakening, urges focus on prevention and community
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and emphasized that young people need a sense of purpose in their lives to prevent them from turning to drugs.
-
Birth rates languish in record lows, CDC reports
Births in the United States increased by just 1% in 2024, still near the record low rates that have alarmed demographers and become a central part of the Trump administration’s cultural agenda, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
-
US health officials seek to phase out artificial dyes from the food supply
U.S. health officials say they will urge food makers to phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation's food supply.
-
Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report
Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings — colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans — for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals.
