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Health Care August 5, 2021

Cobb’s COVID rate skyrockets amid confusing official guidelines

The already high rate of community transmission in Cobb County continues to skyrocket, amid disconnect between CDC recommendations and guidelines from the Cobb County School District and the Georgia Department…

Health Care August 4, 2021

Cobb County covered by eviction moratorium extension

At a current 14-day case rate of 347 cases per 100,000 population, Cobb has more than three times the threshold of high community transmission required to be covered by the…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Health Care August 3, 2021

Despite a reduction in uninsured rates, thousands in Cobb still have no health coverage

By Rebecca Gaunt Cynthia Johnson was given two days of pain medication and a referral to a specialist for a fractured shoulder in July. She can’t afford to see the…

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

Health Care August 1, 2021

Dr. Memark reports Cobb COVID hospitalizations and deaths almost exclusively among the unvaccinated

Cobb County posted a video report from Dr. Janet Memark, District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, in which she reinforced reports from other parts of the country…

Health Care July 31, 2021

Cobb COVID-19 cases spike into high community transmission territory

After dropping steadily for a few months, Cobb County is back in the danger zone of “high community transmission,” of COVID-19 according to figures on the Cobb & Douglas Public…

Health Care July 28, 2021

Cobb County School District and Marietta City Schools to keep masks optional

By Rebecca Gaunt Masks will remain optional for students and staff in the Cobb County School District and Marietta City Schools despite updated COVID-19 guidelines from the CDC. The CDC…

Wellstar Kennestone Emergency Department interior shot of medical staff workstations and rooms

Health Care July 26, 2021

Wellstar Kennestone celebrates one-year anniversary of new emergency department

Last year Wellstar Kennestone Hospital unveiled its expanded Emergency Department (ED) during some of the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ED opened on July 23, 2020, and is…

Health Care July 25, 2021

Cobb heading back toward high community spread of COVID-19

The Cobb County government announced on its Facebook page that the number of new infections of COVID-19 in Cobb County, which had been dropping in recent days, has started climbing…

Health Care July 20, 2021

Back-to-school advice from a Wellstar pediatrician

By Mark Woolsey Sending the kids back to school can be challenging for both parents and kids in the most normal of times. While chances are good the school day…

Health Care July 13, 2021

Dr. Memark reports uptick in Cobb COVID cases

At the July 13 Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting this morning Dr. Janet Memark, the District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, reported an uptick in COVID…

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Missing Persons January 30, 2025

Mattie’s Call: Cobb police seek missing 87-year-old man

Photo of John Elmer Eaton, 87, courtesy of the Cobb County Police Department The Cobb County Police Department distributed the following appeal to the public: The Cobb County Police Department…

Science and Technology January 30, 2025

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

by Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

Labor January 30, 2025

Philly Whole Foods store becomes first to unionize – a labor expert explains what’s next and how Trump could stall workers’ efforts

by Paul F. Clark, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Whole Foods workers at the Philadelphia flagship store in the city’s Art Museum area…

Science and Technology January 30, 2025

Problematic Paper Screener: Trawling for fraud in the scientific literature

by Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

Georgia January 30, 2025

Handful of rural Georgia Republicans join with Dems to give full Medicaid expansion another go

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 29, 2025 A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto…

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