Search Results for COVID-19

Gun violence July 16, 2022

SPLC condemns Cobb County School Board’s decision to arm non-police personnel

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County school board’s decision to arm school employees endangers lives, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement released today. With a vote of…

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Health Care July 15, 2022

Cobb among Georgia counties prioritized to receive monkeypox vaccine

The Georgia Department of Public Health announced today in a press release that the department has been receiving limited amounts of the monkeypox vaccine, and that 93 cases have been…

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Health Care July 15, 2022

COVID transmission among Cobb County preschool, school-aged and undergraduate college-aged residents is high and increasing

Both in Cobb County and statewide the COVID transmission rate among pre-school, public-school-aged, and undergraduate college-aged residents is high and increasing. The table below is a summary of the Georgia…

Health Care July 13, 2022

COVID in Cobb County: July 13 2022

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting on the COVID numbers for the state weekly instead of daily. These numbers are from the report issued on Wednesday July…

Economy July 9, 2022

June jobs report suggests Fed could avoid a recession – but room for error is minuscule

By Christopher Decker, University of Nebraska Omaha [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in June, signaling the labor…

Health Care July 9, 2022

Dr. Janet Memark posts update on state of COVID pandemic in Cobb and Douglas counties

Dr. Janet Memark District Health Director for Cobb & Douglas Public Health, issued the following update on the state of the COVID pandemic in Cobb and Douglas counties: Good morning…

Health Care July 8, 2022

COVID cases among Cobb school-aged residents for week ending July 7

COVID transmission among Cobb residents in the preschool, public school aged, and undergraduate college age segments remain high, but showed a decrease over the past week. Statewide the transmission rate…

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Education July 6, 2022

Cobb school board member David Banks’ “ethnicity study” latest controversy

By Rebecca Gaunt David Banks, vice chair of the Cobb County School Board, is stirring up backlash again with his latest email newsletter in which he states that two years…

Health Care July 6, 2022

COVID in Cobb County, July 6, 2022: case rate, hospitalizations on rise again

The COVID case rate and hospitalizations in Cobb County are on the rise again. The death rate is inching upward, too, with the CDC reporting a 37.5 percent rise in…

Health Care July 6, 2022

COVID back in high community transmission for Cobb and Douglas counties

Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) reported that COVID has risen to the category of high community transmission again in both Cobb and Douglas counties. CDPH also announced that “we…

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