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Health Care October 29, 2021

Wellstar enters partnership with HHS to expand access to COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy

Wellstar Health System announced yesterday that in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it is expanding access to monoclonal antibody therapies at several of its…

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Health Care October 14, 2021

U.S. District Court in Atlanta to Hear COVID-19 Lawsuit for Cobb County Students with Disabilities

By Rebecca Gaunt The matter of masks and other COVID-19 CDC recommendations in the Cobb County School District will go in front of a judge Friday. The Southern Poverty Law…

Education October 7, 2021

Parents suing Cobb County School District for COVID-19 safety speak out

By Rebecca Gaunt Four parents of students with disabilities and health issues spoke with the Courier about why they are suing the Cobb County School District over its failure to…

Health Care October 4, 2021

David Banks using official Cobb County School District email to discourage COVID-19 vaccination

By Rebecca Gaunt David Banks, vice chairman of the Cobb County School Board, hasn’t let previous criticism stop him when it comes to disseminating debunked COVID-19 information. The latest email,…

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Health Care October 1, 2021

Georgia Department of Public Health shows continuing drop in Cobb school-aged COVID-19 case rate

According to the weekly School-aged COVID-19 Surveillance Report, released this afternoon, the rate of cases of COVID-19 reported among school-aged residents over the past two weeks have dropped, but are…

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Health Care September 17, 2021

Cupid extends COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency

Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid extended the Declaration of Emergency prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic through October 17. The following press release was issued by Cobb County…

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

Health Care September 10, 2021

Dr. Memark sends new update on COVID-19 in Cobb & Douglas counties

In a newsletter distributed this afternoon, Dr. Janet Memark, District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. She reports a slight decrease…

Health Care August 24, 2021

Census announces new data-gathering on impact of COVID-19 on public school students and staff

The U.S. Census Bureau announced in a press release that they began collecting data for the School Pulse Panel Survey, intended to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on…

Wellstar Kennestone Emergency Department interior shot of medical staff workstations and rooms

Health Care August 22, 2021

Wellstar hospitals report 602 hospitalized with COVID-19, 146 in ICU, mostly unvaccinated

Wellstar Health System, a recent subject of local news because of their request for a temporary mobile morgue to handled an expected increase in COVID-related deaths, reported that their hospitals…

Education August 19, 2021

Cobb School Board work session ends in argument over adding COVID-19 to agenda

By Rebecca Gaunt An item was conspicuously absent from the agenda for Cobb County Board of Education’s Thursday meeting – COVID-19. Despite soaring cases in the county, classes sent home…

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