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Health Care July 19, 2022

Fighting Monkeypox, Sexual Health Clinics Are Underfunded and Ill-Equipped

Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News and Lauren Weber July 19, 2022 Clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases — already struggling to contain an explosive increase in infections such as syphilis…

Health Care July 18, 2022

Abortion funds may not be able to keep up with rising demands, as more people travel out of state for the procedure

By Gretchen E. Ely, University of Tennessee [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Abortion providers in places like Pennsylvania and California are seeing an uptick in…

Health Care July 15, 2022

Cobb among Georgia counties prioritized to receive monkeypox vaccine

The Georgia Department of Public Health announced today in a press release that the department has been receiving limited amounts of the monkeypox vaccine, and that 93 cases have been…

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Health Care July 15, 2022

COVID transmission among Cobb County preschool, school-aged and undergraduate college-aged residents is high and increasing

Both in Cobb County and statewide the COVID transmission rate among pre-school, public-school-aged, and undergraduate college-aged residents is high and increasing. The table below is a summary of the Georgia…

Health Care July 13, 2022

COVID in Cobb County: July 13 2022

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting on the COVID numbers for the state weekly instead of daily. These numbers are from the report issued on Wednesday July…

Health Care July 9, 2022

Dr. Janet Memark posts update on state of COVID pandemic in Cobb and Douglas counties

Dr. Janet Memark District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, issued the following update on the state of the COVID pandemic in Cobb and Douglas counties: Good morning…

Health Care July 8, 2022

COVID cases among Cobb school-aged residents for week ending July 7

COVID transmission among Cobb residents in the preschool, public school aged, and undergraduate college age segments remain high, but showed a decrease over the past week. Statewide the transmission rate…

Health Care July 8, 2022

July brings good news for Georgia’s mental health system

By Melanie Dallas, LPC Although July is usually regarded as a slow summer month, there are many new and important happenings in Georgia this July. Actually, July 1 is the…

Health Care July 6, 2022

COVID in Cobb County, July 6, 2022: case rate, hospitalizations on rise again

The COVID case rate and hospitalizations in Cobb County are on the rise again. The death rate is inching upward, too, with the CDC reporting a 37.5 percent rise in…

Health Care July 6, 2022

COVID back in high community transmission for Cobb and Douglas counties

Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) reported that COVID has risen to the category of high community transmission again in both Cobb and Douglas counties. CDPH also announced that “we…

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