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Health Care August 29, 2021

Two new COVID testing sites: in Acworth and East Cobb

Cobb & Douglas Public Health and Wellstar Health System are opening two new testing sites to meet the increase in demand for the tests. The new sites are at: WellStar…

Health Care August 28, 2021

Southern Poverty Law Center weighs in on Cobb school COVID cases, indicates it might take legal action

The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for tracking white supremacist and other hate groups, issued a statement on the spread of COVID-19 in the Cobb County School District. The…

Health Care August 27, 2021

Parents protest outside Cobb superintendent’s speaking engagement

By Rebecca Gaunt Parents fed up with Cobb County School District Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s lack of response to their COVID-19 safety concerns gathered Friday outside the Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel &…

Health Care August 27, 2021

Cobb school COVID cases now at 2,797

The Cobb County School District reported today in their weekly update that the number of cumulative COVID cases has now reached 2,797 cases since July 1 , with 2,698 of…

Health Care August 27, 2021

Dept. of Public Health: Georgia hospitals at breaking point as COVID overwhelms resources

The Georgia Department of Public Health sent out an alarm yesterday in the form of a press release announcing that hospital emergency services in the state are pushed to the…

Janet Memark speaks at Healthy Start meeting used in article about COVID cases in Cobb

Health Care August 26, 2021

Dr. Memark: COVID hospitalizations and deaths double over past week

In one of her periodic messages to the community, Dr. Janet Memark, District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health raised alarms once again, reporting that deaths and hospitalizations…

Health Care August 25, 2021

COVID continues to tear through Cobb with a jump to 771 cases per 100,000 of population

COVID continues its brutal march through Cobb County, as we’ve now reached 771 cases per 100,000 of population over a 14-day period. 100 cases per 100,000 is considered high transmission….

Health Care August 24, 2021

Census announces new data-gathering on impact of COVID-19 on public school students and staff

The U.S. Census Bureau announced in a press release that they began collecting data for the School Pulse Panel Survey, intended to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on…

Health Care August 23, 2021

Cobb COVID case rate now a whopping 7.56 time the threshold of high community transmission

Like most news organizations, we tend to be careful in the use of superlatives in hard news articles. But the latest number on COVID-19 in Cobb County from Cobb &…

Health Care August 23, 2021

COVID news from various sources: August 23

The COVID pandemic is one of the worst health crises the nation has ever faced. It’s aggravated by misinformation and denial at how potentially catastrophic the pandemic is. News organizations…

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Two new COVID testing sites: in Acworth and East Cobb

Southern Poverty Law Center weighs in on Cobb school COVID cases, indicates it might take legal action

Parents protest outside Cobb superintendent’s speaking engagement

Cobb school COVID cases now at 2,797

Dept. of Public Health: Georgia hospitals at breaking point as COVID overwhelms resources

Dr. Memark: COVID hospitalizations and deaths double over past week

COVID continues to tear through Cobb with a jump to 771 cases per 100,000 of population

Census announces new data-gathering on impact of COVID-19 on public school students and staff

Cobb COVID case rate now a whopping 7.56 time the threshold of high community transmission

COVID news from various sources: August 23