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Health Care December 28, 2021

What’s the difference between a PCR and antigen COVID-19 test? A molecular biologist explains

What’s the difference between a PCR and antigen COVID-19 test? A molecular biologist explains By Nathaniel Hafer, UMass Chan Medical School [This article first appeared in The Conversation, and is reprinted…

Chart showing sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in Cobb County

Health Care December 28, 2021

Cobb COVID case rate soars, while deaths show a one-week decrease

Cobb County’s case rate for COVID-19 is soaring, in step with the national trend as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spreads across the country. The current rate posted on the…

Health Care December 25, 2021

Stress is contagious in relationships – here’s what you can do to support your partner and boost your own health during the holidays and beyond

Relationship stress can hit new highs during the holidays. Aaron Amat/iStock via Getty Images Plus By Rosie Shrout, Purdue University [This article was first published in The Conversation] With the…

Health Care December 24, 2021

Big jump in Cobb County school-aged COVID cases over past week

The COVID case count among school-aged residents of Cobb County showed a large increase over the past week, with the count among the 5-17 age segment more than doubling, from…

Health Care December 22, 2021

Chairwoman Cupid reinstates COVID Declaration of Emergency — masks required in county facilities

Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 in Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid has reinstated the county’s Declaration of Emergency. It includes a mask mandate at all…

Health Care December 22, 2021

During a COVID-19 surge, ‘crisis standards of care’ involve excruciating choices and impossible ethical decisions for hospital staff

By Matthew Wynia, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus [This article was originally published in The Conversation, used with permission] The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians…

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

Health Care December 22, 2021

Message from Dr. Memark: COVID hospitalizations rising in Cobb County

Dr. Janet Memark, District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health is once again sounding the alarm as rising case numbers and rising hospitalizations hit Cobb and Douglas counties….

Health Care December 21, 2021

Cobb County COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths on the rise again

The 14-day case rate for COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in Cobb County is once again showing a significant rise, reaching a rate of 250 per 100,000. The county has not…

image of COVID-19 virus showing coronas with labels depicting each part

Health Care December 20, 2021

Genomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19

[This article by Andre Hudson and Crista Wadsworth was first published in The Conversation. Reprinted with permission] Andre Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology and Crista Wadsworth, Rochester Institute of Technology…

Health Care December 17, 2021

Cobb school-aged COVID cases continue to climb

The Cobb County case rate of COVID per 100,000 population among residents in the K-12 age group remains in the high category and has continued to climb for the past…

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What’s the difference between a PCR and antigen COVID-19 test? A molecular biologist explains

Cobb COVID case rate soars, while deaths show a one-week decrease

Stress is contagious in relationships – here’s what you can do to support your partner and boost your own health during the holidays and beyond

Big jump in Cobb County school-aged COVID cases over past week

Chairwoman Cupid reinstates COVID Declaration of Emergency — masks required in county facilities

During a COVID-19 surge, ‘crisis standards of care’ involve excruciating choices and impossible ethical decisions for hospital staff

Message from Dr. Memark: COVID hospitalizations rising in Cobb County

Cobb County COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths on the rise again

Genomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19

Cobb school-aged COVID cases continue to climb