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The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
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How do I file a medical claim with Medicare?
Hi Toni, This week, I went to see my primary care doctor, and his office manager informed me that they are no longer accepting Medicare.
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Hamilton County 911 Center implements AI to take nonemergency calls
The Hamilton County 911 center is implementing a new artificial intelligence call management program — nicknamed Evelyn — to assist with calls made to the seven-digit nonemergency number.
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Hamilton County Health Department to shut doors of Soddy-Daisy clinic
The Hamilton County Health Department announced that its Soddy-Daisy clinic will be shutting its doors for the last time on June 30.
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Tennessee whooping cough cases reached their highest peak in a decade, officials say
Lower immunization rates and government mistrust may be one reason for more whooping cough cases, one doctor says
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Childhood vaccination rates, a rare health bright spot in struggling states, are slipping
Jen Fisher can do only so much to keep her son safe from the types of infections that children can encounter at school. The rest, she said, is up to other students and parents in their hometown of Franklin, Tennessee.
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TennCare’s maternal death rates are 3 times those of private insurance
Experts say Tennessee is failing to stop preventable deaths
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Former Planned Parenthood president, women’s rights activist Cecile Richards has died at 67
Cecile Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.
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Ask a Doctor: Carotid artery disease can increase stroke risk
I'm worried about carotid artery disease — what symptoms should I watch for?
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Do I need my citizenship paperwork to enroll in Medicare?
Dear Toni, I had no problem opening the "My Social Security" account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers.
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Tennessee lawmakers take up bills over IVF, birth control, medication abortion
More than two years after Tennessee enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, lawmakers are poised to take up a handful of competing bills that could preserve — or further limit and punish — access to remaining reproductive care.
