Health
The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
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2025 Medicare deductibles and premiums released
Hello Toni, In the new Medicare & You Handbook that I received about a month ago, I cannot find what the 2025 Medicare costs and premiums will be.
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Three years after arson attack, Planned Parenthood reopens its doors in Knoxville
Nearly three years after an arson attack destroyed its facility, Planned Parenthood in Knoxville celebrated the official reopening of its clinic on Thursday.
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Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research, Medicare and Medicaid.
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In Chattanooga, an old newspaper box now holds free overdose reversal kits
A squat white newspaper box sits outside Chattanooga's Volunteer Comprehensive Treatment clinic.
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New FDA rules for TV drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions
Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications' risks and side effects.
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What makes walking so great for your health and what else you need to do
Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name.
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Debbie Spielman takes on role as CEO of Children’s Hospital at Erlanger
Born and raised in Bartow, Florida, Debbie Spielman brings a wealth of experience to the Scenic City, where she took on the role of CEO and vice president of Children's Hospital at Erlanger this month.
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Chattanooga installs first baby box for newborn surrenders
Hamilton County's first Safe Haven Baby Box, set into a wall of a Chattanooga fire station, was dedicated Tuesday at Chattanooga Fire Station 6 during a short blessing ceremony.
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STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US
The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday.
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Uncovered food dripped on: Chattanooga area restaurant inspection reports for the week ending Nov. 12, 2024
The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect food service establishments twice a year, grading them on a 100-point scale.