On Monday, Providence Medical Clinic of Kingsport, in partnership with East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, was finalizing plans for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic with 200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on hand.
Center seeks to curtail cardiovascular disease in Central Appalachia
Center seeks to curtail cardiovascular disease in Central Appalachia
Ballad Health is enhancing the hours of its community vaccination centers and extending eligibility guidelines to make COVID-19 vaccines widel…
Northeast Tennessee’s seven-day COVID-19 test positivity rate continued its rise on Tuesday, nearing the 14% mark for the first time since lat…
For the first time in nearly two months, Ballad Health was treating more than 100 people hospitalized with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on…
It’s been nearly six months since Laila Cowell tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Individuals 65 years old and older and those who fall into certain qualifying categories can register now to get a COVID-19 vaccine Friday and…
ERWIN — Unicoi County schools will remain on a virtual schedule for the next three weeks, and education officials hope the COVID-19 spread wil…
WASHINGTON _ As the COVID-19 pandemic battered large, metropolitan areas this spring, rural hospitals prepared to be next on the front lines.
ELIZABETHTON — The fourth and final suspect charged in a 2018 baseball attack on a man has been convicted and sentence in Carter County Crimin…
Jamie Swift, Ballad Health’s corporate director of infection prevention, has heard the myths about mask-wearing, and wants people to know that…
Jamie Swift, Ballad Health’s corporate director of infection prevention, has heard the myths about mask-wearing, and wants people to know that…
Sometimes a person in emotional distress just needs someone to talk to.
Self isolation during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can make maintaining essential social connections difficult for those struggli…
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was passed by Congress on March 18, and went into effect April 2.
The president of the Tennessee Academy of Physicians says staying at home is the “best weapon we have to reduce the impact” of the coronavirus…
Dr. Shahram Malik completed his residency training at East Tennessee State University in 2009.
Public health officials say lessons learned from what is commonly known as the “Spanish flu” and other pandemics of the last century are being…
Fears parents have about the spread of novel coronavirus don’t go unnoticed by their children.
Public Service Announcement from Region Ahead. Jamie is a CNA at Johnson City Medical Center.
Ballad Health will suspend all non-emergent/elective procedures beginning on Monday in anticipation of a surge in novel coronavirus-related ho…
Ballad Health on Monday reported a record 260 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) inpatients across its facilities, increasing by 51 since Thanksgiving.
Northeast Tennessee reported a near-high 464 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday, capping off a week of record infections …
Hospitalizations and deaths related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to mount Saturday in Northeast Tennessee.
Northeast Tennessee reported a near-high 464 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday, capping off a week of record infections …
Hospitalizations and deaths related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to mount Saturday in Northeast Tennessee.
All Tennesseans 16 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine no later than April 5.
