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Health Care January 3, 2022

Georgia DPH delays COVID update citing “a large amount of data overwhelming the system”

The Georgia Department of Public Health has delayed it’s Monday 3 p.m. rollout of the Daily Status Report for COVID-19, stating that the problem is “due to a large amount…

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Health Care January 2, 2022

Chickenpox and shingles virus lying dormant in your neurons can reactivate and increase your risk of stroke – new research identified a potential culprit

by Andrew Bubak, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes…

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Health Care January 2, 2022

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: January 2

Here’s our update report on COVID in Georgia and in Cobb County for January. The CDC County View Data Tracker, which gives possibly the most succinct and user-friendly view of COVID-19 numbers…

Health Care January 1, 2022

They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims

by Duaa Eldeib, Propublica [This story was originally published by ProPublica] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this…

Health Care January 1, 2022

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: New Years Day

Here’s our update report on COVID in Georgia and in Cobb County for New Years Day. The CDC County View Data Tracker, which gives possibly the most succinct and user-friendly…

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…

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…

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…

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Georgia DPH delays COVID update citing “a large amount of data overwhelming the system”

Chickenpox and shingles virus lying dormant in your neurons can reactivate and increase your risk of stroke – new research identified a potential culprit

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: January 2

They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: New Years Day

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

Finding a COVID testing site in Cobb County

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

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

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