Health
The latest Health coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Coronavirus.
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It’s time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots
Fall means it’s time for just about everybody to get up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines – and a lot of older adults also need protection against another risky winter virus, RSV.
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Fruit flies, raw chicken: Chattanooga area restaurant inspection reports for the week ending Sept. 24, 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.
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Suicide Prevention Month brings resources into focus
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and staff members at Parkridge Valley Hospital want the community to know there is help for those contemplating ending their lives.
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How a new pacemaker technology improved a Chattanooga patient’s quality of life
Before his leadless pacemaker, Ben Cairns would tire easily and often feel unwell in the mornings due to a slow heart rate that even exercise would not quicken.
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‘Fast pace to adulting’: BlueSky Institute provides a free degree, support and a job to its students
College students are solving a need for tech support at BlueCross BlueShield
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These Alabama workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in.
Like most medical offices, the small suite of exam rooms at the PhiferCares Clinic fills daily with patients seeking help with bumps and bruises, sore throats and stuffy noses.
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National pop-up-clinic to provide free medical, dental and vision services in Jasper, Tennessee
National nonprofit Remote Area Medical will operate a free, comprehensive health care clinic at Jasper Elementary School on Oct. 12-13. Identification and proof of insurance aren't required to access its medical, dental or vision service
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Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to speak about abortion Friday in Georgia, where two women's deaths have been tied to a state law that mostly bans the procedure after roughly six weeks.
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A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19’s origin
Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source.
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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter's grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to attend the funeral.
