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Health Care December 31, 2021

Cobb 5-17 year olds reach staggering COVID case rate of 1,384 per 100,000

The latest School-Aged COVID-19 Surveillance Report from the Georgia Department of Public Health showed an alarming increase in the case rate among residents of the public school age range of…

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Health Care December 31, 2021

Finding a COVID testing site in Cobb County

Cobb County government posted the following to their Twitter account with links to finding a COVID testing site in Cobb County: Finding a COVID-19 testing site has been a challenge…

an electron microscope view of the virus that caused COVID. a circular area dotted with round spots

Health Care December 31, 2021

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: 7-day case rate up 181.44 percent

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: The CDC seven-day tracker reports that for the one-week period Cobb County’s case rate was 1,123.34 per 100,000 of population. That’s an increase of…

Health Care December 30, 2021

COVID-19: where to learn about it, find the data, get more information, and identify misinformation

A lot has been written about COVID-19 and the vaccines. There’s so much out there, ranging from valuable information to fraudulent nonsense that I thought compiling the current state of…

Health Care December 30, 2021

The Vaccine Rollout Was a Success. But Events Within and Beyond Biden’s Control Stymied Progress

By Victoria Knight December 20, 2021 [This article first appeared in Kaiser Health News — used with permission] Eleven months ago, President Joe Biden assumed office during one of the…

Health Care December 30, 2021

Six metro Atlanta health systems release joint statement on 100-200 percent surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations

Six major metro Atlanta health systems released a joint statement on the recent surge in COVID-19 patients to their facilities. The systems that signed on to the press release are…

Health Care December 29, 2021

Georgia Department of Public Health urges people to not go to ERs for COVID testing

The Georgia Department of Public Health issued the following press release asking Georgia residents to only go to hospital emergency rooms for COVID testing if their symptoms are severe. Atlanta…

Health Care December 29, 2021

CDC: COVID cases in Cobb County up 249.77 percent over past week

The County View for Cobb County on the CDC tracking website for December 29 reports that new cases of COVID-19 in Cobb County rose by 249.77 percent over the past…

Health Care December 29, 2021

Video conversation between BOC Chairwoman Cupid and Dr. Memark about Cobb’s COVID surge

Cobb County Communications Director Ross Cavitt posted a video conversation between Cobb BOC Chairwoman Lisa Cupid and Dr. Janet Memark, District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health about…

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Pets and Pet Adoption December 1, 2023

Cobb County Courier Cat of the Day: “My name is Benito, and as you can plainly see I’m very curious about whether you plan to adopt me!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a medium-sized male lynx point domestic short hair. The following information on this potential…

Marietta December 1, 2023