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Health Care February 1, 2023

Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated

This article by Jordan Rau was first published in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission. Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News February 1, 2023 After the nursing home where Leann Sample…

Health Care

Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline

Health Care

Government Lets Health Plans That Ripped Off Medicare Keep the Money

Health Care

Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?

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Health Care

FDA advisory committee votes unanimously in favor of a one-shot COVID-19 vaccine approach – 5 questions answered

Health Care

Florida Gov. DeSantis Falsely Claims Bivalent Booster Boosts Chances of Covid Infection

Health Care

COVID-19 deaths in the US continue to be undercounted, research shows, despite claims of ‘overcounts’

Health Care

Wave of Rural Nursing Home Closures Grows Amid Staffing Crunch

Nutrition

Parsing which foods are healthy and which are less so isn’t always straightforward – a new rating system aims to demystify the process

Health Care January 25, 2023

Latino Teens Are Deputized as Health Educators to Sway the Unvaccinated

This article by Heidi de Marco was first published in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission. Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News January 24, 2023 Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos…

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Crime February 2, 2023

Marietta man convicted of rape and aggravated child molestation

Marco Flores (aka Marco Bucio), 45, who lived in Marietta at the time of the crime, was convicted by a Cobb Jury of raping and molesting a 7-year-old child related…

Pets and Pet Adoption February 2, 2023

Cobb County Courier Dog of the Day: “Pick me! Pick me! Adopt me and take me to my new home!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a tan/gray male yorkshire terrier. The following information on this potential family member is…

Pets and Pet Adoption February 2, 2023

Cobb County Courier Cat of the Day: “Why don’t you just work out the adoption details while this guy holds me … then we’ll go home!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a black/white female domestic short hair kitten. The following information on this potential family…

U.S. Congress February 2, 2023

I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s – here’s just how hard it will be for the GOP to achieve that same rare feat

by Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Kevin McCarthy reportedly promised many things to Republican hardliners en route to clinching…

History February 2, 2023

A Black history primer on African Americans’ fight for equality – 5 essential reads

by Howard Manly, The Conversation, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As the father of Black history, Carter G. Woodson had a simple goal – to…