Health

COVID-19 testing will be offered in Sevier County beginning Friday with a drive-thru testing center in Sevierville. Drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be available at the Sevier County Health Department, located at 719 Middle Creek Road in Sevierville, from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11. Priority will be given to those who have symptoms of the ...

Sevier County Family & Community Education (FCE) Clubs and 4-H youth are asking you to join in meeting this tremendous need for fabric masks through the statewide TAFCE Masks of Love Project. If you are making masks, and do not know who to give these to – please consider assisting with this project to help Sevier County! These fabric masks ...

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee warns members that scammers are taking advantage of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and to be alert of potential scam activity. Reported scams include unsolicited phone calls that could be an attempt to fraudulently gain personal information. BlueCross is urging members and customers not to give personal information to these callers. “We want to advise all ...

Pigeon Forge officials on Monday told residents to stay home, except for essential needs, to slow the spread of COVID-19. Pigeon Forge COVID-19 advisory on Monday, March 23, 2020: To Our Pigeon Forge Residents After much consideration and input from our local, state and national health care officials, the Pigeon Forge City Mayor and City Commission have issued a Safe ...

Tennessee health officials confirmed a second Sevier County COVID-19 case on Saturday. The Saturday, March 21, 2020 COVID-19 update from the Tennessee Department of Health included a second confirmed case of of COVID-19 in Sevier County. A total of 371 cases are now confirmed in the state, with 140 cases confirmed in Davidson County. The agency noted that cases among ...

The Tennessee Department of Health announced Monday its first confirmed case of Coronavirus in Sevier County and that the total number of cases is now 52 statewide. According to the update on March 16, 2020, Davidson has the most active COVID-19 cases at 25, followed by 18 in Williamson, 2 in Shelby and one in each of Campbell, Hamilton, Jefferson, ...

MEDIC Regional Blood Center and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an “urgent call-to-action” for healthy people to give blood amid coronavirus fears. According to MEDIC Regional Blood Center, six blood drives scheduled for this month have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The blood center supplies blood and blood-related products to 25 hospitals in 22 counties, including ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge is partnering with Beth Holloway and the Natalee Holloway Resource Center to deliver travel safety programs at local schools. It was 15 years ago on May 30, 2005 that Beth Holloway’s nightmare began. Her daughter, Natalee Holloway, went missing in Aruba while on a high school senior trip. While the details of her ...

Sevier County leaders, including elected officials and representatives from county emergency services, health departments and school system; cities of Sevierville, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Pittman Center; healthcare providers and the National Park Service met Wednesday to discuss preparedness plans for potential cases of Coronavirus, Novel COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control, for most of the American public who ...

A number of free, face-to-face enrollment clinics have been scheduled to help people enroll in a health insurance plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Subsidies are available to help pay part, or all, of the premium cost for people who qualify. First frosts and the end of Daylight Savings Time means lots of things to Sevier County folks, but here’s ...