Rock Steady Boxing, an exercise program based on training used by boxing pros and adapted to people with Parkinson’s disease, will now be available in the north Georgia area. The program involves regular exercises, such as stretching, bicycling, running, jump-roping, push-ups, balancing and lots of non-contact boxing led by experienced trainers/coaches. Rock Steady Boxing serves ... (click for more)

The Collegedale Tomorrow Foundation is assisting the Samaritan Center in a food and funds drive titled “Together, we CAN make it through this.” On Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m., donations of canned or dry food items, toiletries, cash and checks written to the Samaritan Center will be accepted in front of The Commons, under the “For the Benefit and ... (click for more)

A child under five has died of coronavirus in a Chattanooga hospital, county officials said Wednesday. Becky Barnes, Health Department administrator, said the child had underlying illnesses. “It is our deepest regret to share with you today our first COVID-19-related pediatric death,” said Ms. Barnes, “As we mourn with the family, we also take this opportunity to urgently ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Wednesday that 154 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - up from 125 the day before. The cases have spiraled to 4,748 - up from the Tuesday report of 4,117. Officials said 1,013 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus. Whitfield County is up to 14 cases with one death. Walker County, which long resisted ... (click for more)

The United States Attorneys for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee together with Tennessee’s Attorney General Make Prosecuting Fraud Schemes Top Priority Tennessee’s top prosecutors—three United States Attorneys and the Tennessee Attorney General—are coordinating their efforts to prevent Tennesseans from being victimized by fraud schemes and other unlawful acts ... (click for more)

Each day in Georgia, physicians, nurses and other health care providers go to work in our hospitals, nursing centers or private office practices to care for patients with a variety of health needs. This practice of medicine occurs 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and 365 days per year; because illnesses and injuries don’t take a holiday. Without thinking twice, patients visit ... (click for more)