Letter to the Editor: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
[This letter to the editor is from Foster Norman, CEO of Cobb County Community Services Board] To the editor: As we recognize National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on…
Health Care
Free HIV test on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Free HIV testing will be offered on February 8 by Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) in observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 8), The testing will be…
Jim Williams: Alzheimer’s Association legislative ambassador
Jim Williams lives in Smyrna and is a volunteer legislative ambassador for the Georgia Alzheimer‘s Association for U.S. Congressional District 13. We met in the popular Smyrna coffee shop Rev Coffee…
Cobb County ranks 7th in health among Georgia counties according to report
Cobb County is the seventh healthiest among Georgia’s 159 counties, according to the 2018 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This yearly report evaluates counties…
Number of people entering treatment in Cobb County HIV/AIDS treatment center on the rise
by Haisten Willis and Judi Kanne While it has been decades since HIV/AIDS was a frequent topic of national headlines, and medical advances have greatly reduced the threat of…
Data shows alarming infant mortality rate in a part of South Cobb
This article by Judi Kanne and Haisten Willis is the first in a series of articles the Cobb County Courier will be publishing on health care in Cobb County. While…
Rally at Isakson’s home office opposing Senate health plan
Disability advocates gathered to rally in Thursday’s steamy heat in front of Senator Johnny Isakson’s home office. Attendees were concerned about the Senate healthcare bill and the potential effect on…
The path to Georgia’s medical cannabis law
The path to Haleigh’s Hope Act, Georgia’s medical cannabis law, began in January 2014 when Representative Allen Peake received an email from a mom whose daughter was suffering life-threatening seizures….