Health & Wellness

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Health & Wellness October 2, 2025

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied

by Ted Powers, University of California, Davis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success…

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Health & Wellness September 30, 2025

Federal report on Georgia suggests implementing Medicaid work rules will be expensive

by Shalina Chatlani, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 29, 2025 Georgia spent $54.2 million in less than five years to administer…

Food Safety September 29, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from September 19 to September 25

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

Health & Wellness September 28, 2025

What parents need to know about Tylenol, autism and the difference between finding a link and finding a cause in scientific research

by Mark Louie Ramos, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen…

Health & Wellness September 28, 2025

Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions

by Jeffrey Morris, University of Pennsylvania, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] At a Senate hearing on Sept. 9, 2025, on the corruption of science, witnesses…

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Food Safety September 28, 2025

Recall of Hillshire Brands corn dogs due to wood embedded in batter

[Editor’s note: as a result of the recent outbreak of listeria-contaminated product and the consequent rash of foodborne illness and deaths, the Cobb County Courier will publicize any food recall…

Food Safety September 26, 2025

USDA issues health alert for pasta meals sold at Walmart over possible Listeria risk

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert for a ready-to-eat pasta meal after an ingredient tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The alert…

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Health & Wellness September 26, 2025

AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments

This article by Lauren Sausser and Darius Tahir first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Lauren Sausser and Darius Tahir September 25, 2025 Taking a page from the…

Food Safety September 24, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from September 12 to September 18

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

Health & Wellness September 22, 2025

More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines

by William Cornwell, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a…

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Community, Engagement December 6, 2025

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