Health Care

Health Care March 23, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from March 14 to March 20

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

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Health Care March 22, 2025

Highland Rivers to host grand opening for Cobb Veterans Outpost, March 26

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health submitted the following news release about the grand opening of its Cobb Veterans Outpost: Highland Rivers Behavioral Health will host a grand opening and open house…

Health Care March 19, 2025

A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

by Ben Zdencanovic, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump…

Health Care March 18, 2025

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants

This article by Arthur Allen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Arthur Allen March 16, 2025 National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all…

Health Care March 16, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from March 7 to March 13

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

Health Care March 12, 2025

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

by Amy Lauren Fairchild, Syracuse University and Ronald Bayer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Federal datasets began disappearing…

Health Care March 11, 2025

GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard

by Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts…

Health Care March 11, 2025

Poll finds support for stable or increased Medicaid funding, including among Trump voters

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 9, 2025 WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans don’t want to see Congress…

Health Care March 11, 2025

MRNA Vaccines, Once a Trump Boast, Now Face Attacks From Some in GOP

This article by Stephanie Armour first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Stephanie Armour March 10, 2025 Researchers racing to develop bird flu vaccines for humans have turned…

Health Care March 10, 2025

NIH funding cuts will hit red states, rural areas and underserved communities the hardest

by Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The National Institutes of Health is…

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Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from March 14 to March 20

Highland Rivers to host grand opening for Cobb Veterans Outpost, March 26

A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from March 7 to March 13

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard

Poll finds support for stable or increased Medicaid funding, including among Trump voters

MRNA Vaccines, Once a Trump Boast, Now Face Attacks From Some in GOP

NIH funding cuts will hit red states, rural areas and underserved communities the hardest