
Hamilton County seeing more teen sexual assault victims seeking forensic exams
Officials from Chattanooga's rape crisis center are calling for more education and awareness amid an increase in teenage sexual assault victims seeking forensi…
Officials from Chattanooga's rape crisis center are calling for more education and awareness amid an increase in teenage sexual assault victims seeking forensi…
National emergency declarations related to the pandemic are set to end May 11, meaning many patients in the Chattanooga region will likely have to start paying…
Chattanooga hospitals have treated a significant increase in non-fatal drug overdoses this week, according to an alert from the Hamilton County Health Departme…
The Erlanger Health System Board of Trustees unanimously agreed Thursday to allocate $13 million toward nurses' base pay in an effort to recruit and retain tho…
Tennessee's new health commissioner declined to explain this week why the state will halt federal funds historically given to partner nonprofits for HIV testin…
Women in the 16 states with the most restrictive abortion laws, including Tennessee, are more than three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth …
The White House estimates that Tennesseans on Medicare who take insulin will save on average $494 per year with the new $35 monthly out-of-pocket spending cap …
Chattanooga nonprofit organizations that provide HIV services are scrambling to figure out how to keep those programs as Tennessee plans to forfeit millions in…
Syphilis cases increased 65% during the past year in Hamilton County, prompting Health Department officials to issue a warning Thursday urging prevention and t…
The three-digit, national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988, has received roughly 21,000 calls from Tennessee in the six months since launching, according to st…
Chattanooga doctors want families to know that there are underutilized options beyond diet and exercise to help treat childhood obesity -- a common and increas…
Foster care instability, poor access to mental health treatment and high child care costs are among the biggest challenges facing Tennessee children and their …
Dr. Ben Cottrell was working at the Parkridge North emergency department on Lee Highway in August when an ambulance dropped off a 66-year-old man in cardiac ar…
Tennessee officials are urging TennCare and CoverKids members to update their contact information and respond to all communication from the agency as state Med…
Susan Fennema looks like the epitome of health on her morning walks along the Tennessee Riverwalk, a ritual she began after coming to work in Chattanooga in Au…
CHI Memorial has regained the approval needed to begin construction on its new North Georgia hospital in Catoosa County, near Ringgold.
Tennessee's flu season came early and hit hard but appears to be subsiding, although influenza-like illness activity remains high, according to the U.S. Center…
For the first time in state history, all adult TennCare members will be able to access dental care, including regular exams, cleanings, X-rays, fillings, crown…
While the holidays can be a joyous time for children, they also pose many dangers, such as toy safety issues and improper car seat use, according to officials …
A state audit released Tuesday recommends immediate action to eliminate unsafe conditions for children under Tennessee Department of Children's Services care.
As drug overdoses continue to kill a record number of Tennesseeans, members of the state's Opioid Abatement Council said they're expecting roughly $60 million …
Officials at Parkridge Health System announced Monday they will drop their appeal to CHI Memorial's plans to build a new replacement hospital in Catoosa County…
The rate of Tennessee children without health insurance is at its lowest since 2018 -- a year that saw uninsured child rates spike due in part to a drop in Ten…
A good friend who works for the American Red Cross once told Pastor Troy Brand, "When blood is needed, only blood will do."
As World AIDS Day is recognized Thursday, Chattanooga health care providers who offer HIV treatment and prevention services say other public health crises — na…
Better serving disadvantaged and overlooked communities while sparking new innovation at the Health Department are among the public health goals of new Hamilto…
A weaker investment market has caused Erlanger Health System's pension to drop to a funding level of 48.7% compared to more than 50% funding in November 2021.
November is on track to be one of the busiest months in history for the emergency department at the Children's Hospital at Erlanger.
CHI Memorial patients are now able to use the patient portal and providers can access their patients' electronic medical records as computer systems continue t…
Clinica Medicos leaders and partners have begun renovations on a new, 8,000-square-foot facility designed to meet the dental and behavioral health needs of the…
Hamilton County health officials are encouraging residents to get their influenza shots now as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranks Tennes…
Erlanger Health System's affiliation with the state's largest public higher education institution will remain unchanged once Erlanger fully transitions from a …
Nearly 150 students in Baylor School's scientific research program got to play doctor for Halloween by learning the steps of lung cancer screening, diagnosis a…
Influenza cases are surging early across the U.S., as are other respiratory viruses, causing concern that the combined effects of a potential COVID-19 wave thi…
State regulators this week granted Parkridge Health System a certificate of need, which is akin to a permit, to build a new freestanding emergency department o…
Erlanger Health System continues to buck industry trends by maintaining a positive financial margin in the face of growing inflationary pressure, a tight labor…
Some CHI Memorial computer systems are back online following a cyberattack that left staff across the health system scrambling to care for patients without key…
In Hamilton County, people like Joy Hudson are an uncommon sight 31 months into the pandemic.
A Chattanooga obstetrician specializing in high-risk pregnancies recently told The Wall Street Journal that Tennessee's abortion law led her to send a patient …
Blood Assurance is pleading for people to give blood after last week's donations fell 90% compared to the prior week, largely attributed to fall break, accordi…
A health care regulatory board in Georgia unanimously approved a rule change Thursday to prevent out-of-state providers from appealing state-approved projects …
CHI Memorial's parent company, CommonSpirit Health, has confirmed that the ongoing IT system shutdown at several facilities is due to a ransomware attack.
Dr. James Haynes, a Chattanooga-based family medicine physician, has been named dean of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga after servi…
A cybersecurity incident at CHI Memorial's parent company that forced facilities in the Chattanooga region offline on Monday is garnering nationwide industry a…
Some computer systems at CHI Memorial were offline Tuesday as the health system’s parent company dealt with an “IT security incident” at some of its facilities.
Worsening mental health, overdose deaths, an increase in syphilis and falling childhood vaccination rates were areas of concern highlighted Monday at the first…
About three weeks ago, social worker Angie Duncan took a call from a woman alone in her car on a country dirt road.
Unlike the last time Erlanger moved to open a behavioral health hospital, officials won't have to seek permission from state regulators to do so for the planne…
The Erlanger Health System Board of Trustees paved the way Thursday to convert the acute care side of Erlanger North Hospital on Morrison Springs Road in Red B…
Lead could be lurking in the water at your child's day care. It's a toxic metal that can't be seen, smelled or tasted in water.