LONDON — The World Health Organization’s Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent.
Ballad Health has named a new vice president of community and government relations.
"Our children have not been spared even in this region," Swift continued. "We've had hospitalizations of the youngest of the youngest patients…
Dr. Douglas New, a dermatologist from Holston Medical Group, recently spoke with the Press to answer a few questions about the importance of p…
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said it’s creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than …
Wednesday's forecast says there is potential for most of the valley to see heat index values above 105°F, and strong to severe storms could de…
Once completed, the renovated and reconfigured administrative building will be home to all of Ballad's pediatric specialties.
The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boar…
A leak in Johnson City Medical Center’s main water line put the hospital on diversion for all incoming patients except for traumas and neonata…
The Erwin Lions Club is teaming up with the First Baptist Church of Erwin to help provide free eye care to Unicoi County children on Thursday.
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America will host a free educational conference for Tennessee residents on June 15. The conference will be held …
Though she’s been nursing for more than three decades, Barsha Grant still enjoys coming to work each day.
After experiencing a sharp decline in February and March, Northeast Tennessee’s reported COVID-19 infections began trending upward again last …
East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity is recruiting volunteers to participat…
Fitch Ratings has maintained Ballad Health’s ‘A’ credit rating with a stable outlook.
Health care and education leaders from across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia met at East Tennessee State University on Wednesday t…
Local health care providers are not being seriously impacted by a global shortage of contrast fluid used in certain imaging procedures, though…
Ballad Health opened a trio of “lavender rooms” at its tertiary hospitals in Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport on Friday, rooms that will gi…
As the death toll from the delta and omicron coronavirus surges mounted, Marat Jean Moore — who started a memorial in Jonesborough to remember…
The program will provide respite care services for families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, as well as those livi…
The unusually high number of cases of acute hepatitis — severe inflammation of the liver— has been labeled “acute hepatitis of unknown origin.”
The price of services would be $260,402 annually or $21,700 monthly, and the agreement would raise the county’s current cost pool limit from $…
NASHVILLE — Spring cleaning season is here, and people across Tennessee are preparing to clean out their medicine cabinets and safely and secu…
Women’s health care has been a passion for most of Crystal Green’s career.
The ICU expansion added four new patient rooms, including one bariatric/telehealth bed. The overall project, which cost $7.6 million, includes…
Established 777 days ago in March 2020, the CEOC helped the hospital system coordinate its response to the pandemic since it was established a…
"If we work the way we normally work as a private practice, psychologists will never be able to keep up with the volume of patients seen in pr…
The venture is expected to bolster regional efforts to enhance economic growth in the Appalachian Highlands, while also creating a national po…
Ballad said it is unaware of any misuse of patient information, and the system doesn’t believe any Social Security numbers were compromised.
The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency use authorization for the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines to be administered to children under five.
