Health Care

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Health Care July 5, 2022

Mask mandate returns to Cobb County courts returns due to rising COVID rate in Cobb

Cobb County announced on social media that due to Cobb County returning to the “high” level of community transmission of COVID-19, Chief Judge Rob Leonard has re-instituted the mask mandate…

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Health Care July 4, 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A World Without ‘Roe’

June 30, 2022 [This podcast was produced by Kaiser Health News, republished with permission] Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on…

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Health Care July 1, 2022

COVID transmission among pre-school and school-aged young people in both Cobb County and statewide high and increasing

Community transmission of COVID-19 among young people from pre-school through undergraduate college age is high and increasing for every age category: pre-school, public school-aged and undergraduate college age in both…

Health Care June 30, 2022

COVID in Cobb County, June 29 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 June…

Health Care June 29, 2022

Why Roe v. Wade’s demise – unlike gay rights or Ukraine – isn’t getting corporate America to speak up

By Alessandro Piazza, Rice University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Corporate America – once known for carefully avoiding public stances on hot button issues –…

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Health Care June 29, 2022

Will Georgia’s anti-abortion movement target pills by mail again post-Roe?

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 28, 2022 The battle over Roe v. Wade is done, but the fight over…

Health Care June 28, 2022

Sheriffs Who Denounced Colorado’s Red Flag Law Are Now Using It

Markian Hawryluk June 28, 2022 Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it…

Health Care June 28, 2022

Donating to help women get abortions is a First Amendment right – protected by Supreme Court precedents

By Lucinda M. Finley, University at Buffalo [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Several Texas abortion funds – which are charities that help people who can’t…

Abortion rights protestors march through Atlanta following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Right-wing groups are seeking a special Legislative session to immediately ban abortions. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

Health Care June 28, 2022

Abortion foes push for Kemp to call special session to expand Georgia restrictions

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 27, 2022 With the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade Friday, abortion…

Health Care June 27, 2022

Wellstar Health System and UnitedHealthcare sign agreement

Wellstar Health System and UnitedHealthcare have signed a new agreement after months in which Wellstar facilities were out-of-network for patients insured by UnitedHealthcare. Negotiations broke down last year and on…

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Mask mandate returns to Cobb County courts returns due to rising COVID rate in Cobb

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A World Without ‘Roe’

COVID transmission among pre-school and school-aged young people in both Cobb County and statewide high and increasing

COVID in Cobb County, June 29 2022

Why Roe v. Wade’s demise – unlike gay rights or Ukraine – isn’t getting corporate America to speak up

Will Georgia’s anti-abortion movement target pills by mail again post-Roe?

Sheriffs Who Denounced Colorado’s Red Flag Law Are Now Using It

Donating to help women get abortions is a First Amendment right – protected by Supreme Court precedents

Abortion foes push for Kemp to call special session to expand Georgia restrictions

Wellstar Health System and UnitedHealthcare sign agreement