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Health Care January 6, 2022

Georgia Department of Public Health temporarily removes column on PCR test data due to glitch

The Georgia Department of Public Health has suspended its reporting on PCR COVID-19 test data from the column in which it normally appears in the Daily Status Report due to…

Janet Memark speaks at Healthy Start meeting used in article about COVID cases in Cobb

Health Care January 5, 2022

Dr. Memark: Cobb County COVID numbers “astronomical”

Dr. Janet Memark, District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, distributed the following update on COVID in Cobb and Douglas counties, calling the number of cases “astronomical.” Good…

Health Care January 5, 2022

Morning COVID report for Cobb County January 5

The numbers in this report are from the Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Daily Status Report, posted yesterday afternoon at 3 p.m., and from the summary posted on the…

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Health Care January 4, 2022

Georgia Department of Public Health reporting glitch fixed; COVID numbers not looking good

After the COVID figures for Georgia and Cobb County have not been available since before New Year’s Day, the CDC’s tracking numbers for Cobb County (which they get from the…

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Health Care January 4, 2022

Cobb Superior Court Chief Judge Leonard cancels jury trials due to COVID surge

An announcement was posted to the county website stated that Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Leonard has canceled jury trials due to the recent severe rise in COVID-19…

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…

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