Coronavirus

OTTAWA (mocs.news.com) – Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency for the city last Sunday, citing the need for additional governmental support amid COVID-19 protests.   The protests, which have since sparked similar demonstrations in other parts of the globe, began in late January when truck drivers and other citizens …

By Catherine Corcoran CHATTANOOGA,TN (MOCSNEWS.com) — As the Omicron variant cases rise, countries are easing restrictions. Restrictive measures are being lifted in  Europe and North America nearly two years into the pandemic. Although the cases soar, Omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than the previous delta variant, according …

By MAE ANDERSON Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant.Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a …

While COVID-19 pushed colleges to operate online, students still graduated college with their degrees and those students graduating were coming up to face their biggest obstacle yet, getting hired during a pandemic. “After graduation I applied to over 500 jobs across America, only to hear back from a handful of …

CHATTANOOGA, TN- With schools and universities being back in session this fall, it is putting everyone back at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In addition to this, in early November, Governor Bill Lee signed a bill entitled from having mask or vaccine mandates unless it was exempted from the law …

CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) – The Covid-19 pandemic has rocked just about every aspect of our world the past year and a half, and higher education has been no different. The danger presented by the virus has forced higher education institutions to redesign their curriculum, all at the cost of added …

CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com)- If you haven’t known by now COVID-19 is a part of each one of our lives. COVID-19, has affected each of us emotionally and physically. Coronavirus has played a part in our daily lives, stopping us from doing normal things such as working at our jobs, kids …

By: Ashtyn Frazier WASHINGTON, D.C.(mocsnews.com)- The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the mental health crisis for college students across the U.S. According to a survey by Best Colleges, 90% of students believe that they have experienced worsening mental health symptoms since the pandemic.  Student doing virtual school from home. College students …

By Stephen Lloyd Kayla Stissel, a first-year student at the University of Florida, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine from UF nursing student Taylor Collins at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on April 5, 2021. Brad McClenny ATLANTA, GA (mocsnews.com) – As nearly half of the adult United States population …

CHATTANOOGA, TN. (mocsnews.com) — Covid has changed the everyday world we now live in, but the learning experience of students nationwide has been drastically affected. School closures in the Spring of 2020 brought forth a time of uncertainty in the educational system. We had very little data on how remote …