Health & Wellness

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health & Wellness May 19, 2025

Senior Citizens Council of Cobb to host “Taking care of your own health”

Senior Citizens Council of Cobb County distributed the following announcement: PATIENT ADVOCACY:Taking Care of Your Own Health Learn about patients’ rights and managing one’s own health care. Is your doctor…

Health & Wellness May 19, 2025

Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs

This article by Jackie Fortiér and Arthur Allen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jackie Fortiér and Arthur Allen May 16, 2025 In the dim basement of…

Health & Wellness May 19, 2025

Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts

by Angshuman K. Kashyap, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or…

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Support Local Journalism June 28, 2025

We’re setting our sights low here at the Cobb County Courier!

By Larry Felton Johnson We’re setting our sights low here at the Cobb County Courier. We love big contributions, but realize that in these times of economic uncertainty, readers might…

Libraries June 28, 2025

West Cobb Regional Library: Dance, Dungeons and Dragons

By Kelly Johnson West Cobb Regional Library’s schedule of events this month brings to mind Men Without Hats’ Safety Dance. Both the song and its music video. Especially the music…

Opinion June 28, 2025

Dark Money’s Stealth Power And What You Can Do About It

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Earlier, I wrote about 501(c)(4) groups, which claim to be “social welfare organizations” yet have the power to raise and…

Weekend Quiz June 28, 2025

Quiz: How much do you know about the early history of Cobb County?

How much do you know about the early history of Cobb County? We run daily quizzes in the Cobb County Courier newsletter, and recently decided to move the Saturday and…

Weather June 28, 2025

Scattered storms in Georgia Saturday PM; strongest storms might bring damaging winds

The National Weather Service warns of potential hazardous weather conditions in north and central Georgia today, with isolated morning storms and scattered afternoon thunderstorms that could bring damaging winds, lightning,…

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Senior Citizens Council of Cobb to host “Taking care of your own health”

Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs

Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts