Elizabeth Fite, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 5, 2023 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 more for COVID-19 tests, treatments — …
Tennessee faces omicron surge with ‘extremely scarce’ supply of antibodies, other COVID-19 treatments
Elizabeth Fite, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dec. 27, 2021 Tennessee health officials are scrambling to increase depleted stock of monoclonal antibody treatments amid a nationwide shortage as all but one version of the drugs they’ve relied on to keep COVID-19 …
Chattanooga-area health care experts urge vaccinations as COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths rise
Mary Fortune, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Sept. 8, 2021 The rising number of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 in the Chattanooga area is a needless tragedy that could have been prevented — and can still be curbed — by vaccinations, …
Tennessee COVID-19 surge straining hospitals, shows ‘no signs of slowing,’ health official says
Elizabeth Fite, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Aug. 2, 2021 Tennessee’s latest COVID-19 surge continues to gain steam and is now straining hospitals, which are struggling to navigate staffing shortages along with a higher patient burden, the state’s top health official …
Tennessee’s BlueCross works to keep state healthy during pandemic
David Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press, July 4, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic and the economic upheaval it produced last year both trimmed the rolls of those insured by Tennessee’s biggest health insurer and forced some costlier treatments and prevention measures. …