Most of their clients made it in under the wire, but some business owners are left wondering if they'll get Paycheck Protection Program funding after the money dried up nearly a month ahead of the application deadline of May 31.

Dr. Anthony Fauci urged Vanderbilt University graduates on Friday to get involved in public service and to help heal the country's destructive political divisiveness.

Dr. Michelle Rockwell lost a pregnancy in December and shared her heartache with her 30,000 Instagram followers. Weeks later, she received the COVID-19 vaccine and posted about that, too.

A Carnival cruise ship was arriving in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday so crew members can be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Several states immediately and enthusiastically embraced new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most situations.

Federal health officials this week released new guidelines for fully vaccinated people, saying they no longer need to wear face masks or socially distance to protect themselves from COVID-19.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly lifted city mask and social distancing requirements on Friday for fully-vaccinated citizens.

Nashville lifted its indoor public mask requirement Friday after federal counterparts relaxed guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic to advise that fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.

The couple in the website videos could be hawking any number of products.

Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic again forced mosque closings and family separations on the holiday marking the end of Ramadan.

The Hamilton County school board voted 5-3 on Thursday evening to continue requiring masks for students and teachers through the end of the school year.

A bill barring state and local government agencies from requiring COVID-19 vaccines — including public schools and universities — is heading to Gov. Bill Lee's desk after it passed the Tennessee General Assembly last week.

A minor league baseball stadium. A negative coronavirus test and absolutely no slow dancing.

In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places.

The Hamilton County Health Department announced Thursday that all Hamilton County residents age 12 and up are eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination starting Friday.

U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday — just as planned new guidelines say it's OK for people of any age to get a coronavirus shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.

During the gloomiest stretches of the pandemic, Dr. Diona Krahn's veterinary clinic has been a puppy fest, overrun with new four-legged patients.

As a lengthy, bitter fight over mask requirements for students neared its conclusion, the chairperson of a Florida school board announced that she would agree to lift a mandate that had been in place since September even though she preferred leaving it in place until the end of the academic year. Parents hurled insults in response.

The Tennessee Department of Health announced Wednesday that it has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12-15 and local health departments may begin vaccinations on Friday.

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and hitting zero on some days.

A group of parents plans to protest against Hamilton County Schools mask requirements that are staying in place through the end of the school year at the school board meeting on Thursday.

Tennessee's health agency announced Wednesday that the state will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds.

Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12, a decision seen as a breakthrough in allowing classroom instruction to resume safely around the country.