Melissa Greene, WATE, Feb. 16, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Expectant mothers wishing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now have a shorter time to wait. Tennessee Department of Health has updated the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan by adding pregnant women …
Tennessee to Begin COVID-19 Vaccination of Adults Age 65 and Older, Teachers
Tennessee Department of Health, Feb. 16, 2021 NASHVILLE – Tennessee will begin registering Tennesseans aged 65 and older and those in Phase 1b of the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan for COVID-19 vaccinations on Feb. 22. Phase 1b includes staff members of kindergarten through …
Tennessee Health Department launches statewide vaccination registration website
Robert Holder, WATE, Feb. 15, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Department of Health has released a new website to register for the COVID-19 vaccine. The website features a questionnaire that will ask vaccine seekers questions about the risk of …
Average new US virus cases below 100K for 1st time in months
Sudhin Thanawala and Kate Brumback, AP News, Feb. 14, 2021 ATLANTA (AP) — Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections …
Good Deed: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation generous to state’s food banks
Robert Giles Jr., Chattanooga Times Free Press, Feb. 13, 2021 The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation has been generous to Tennesseans with its gifts of about $5 million in 2020 to our state’s food banks. The bulk of these donations …