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COVID-19, free lunch changes: What Knox County Schools families should know this year
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe first day of school is only a few days away for Knox County students, and there are several...
A look back at March 2020: When COVID-19 came to Knox County and changed everything
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA version of this article was originally published in December 2020. Remember March 2020? Maybe it...
Is Knox County still facing the ‘tripledemic’ of COVID-19, flu and RSV this winter?
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt the end of 2022, a “tripledimic” of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza was...
As flu, RSV and COVID-19 are on the rise in Knox County, health care systems respond
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAlthough the arctic blast might have you gathered around a warm fireplace with your loved ones, you...
Knox County Schools hits a graduation rate that exceeds the Tennessee average
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 7 months agoKnox County Schools students graduated at a rate that's higher than the state average, which itself...
Which Knox County Schools got an F or an A on new statewide grading system?
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFour Knox County Schools received an F grade and 19 scored a perfect A in Tennessee's first-ever...
Martha Buchanan, Knox County's former health director, named the YWCA interim CEO
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDr. Martha Buchanan, the face of Knox County's fight against COVID-19, will serve as interim CEO of...
COVID is spiking in East Tennessee. Despite a new variant, one doctor is 'more optimistic'
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCOVID-19 is not going away. And even though a new variant named Eris – a subvariant of Omicron – is...
Knox County names new public health officer
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDr. Megan Edwards, a University of Tennessee Medical Center infectious diseases physician, has been named Knox County’s new public health officer. She...
After COVID-19, Knox County's kindergarten vaccine rates are below the state average
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA new report from the Tennessee Department of Health shows that the state's kindergartner vaccination rates continued to plummet last year, reflecting sharply rising rates of religious exemptions ...