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Health Care December 2, 2022

COVID cases among Cobb County’s school-aged residents increasing

COVID cases among Cobb County’s school-aged residents for the 14-day period ending December 1 is increasing in all age categories (pre-school, public school age, and college), in keeping with the…

Transportation December 2, 2022

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for the week of Saturday December 3 to Friday, December 9

The following list of alerts and road/lane closures is reprinted from the Cobb County Department of Transportation Weekly Travel Advisory for the week of Saturday, December 3, to Friday, December…

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2022 Elections December 2, 2022

Healthy democracy requires trust – these 3 things could start to restore voters’ declining faith in US elections

by Sarah Bush, Yale University and Lauren Prather, University of California, San Diego [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2022 U.S. midterm elections ran relatively…

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Health Care December 2, 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Medicaid Machinations

This podcast with host Julie Rovner was produced by Kaiser Health News, republished with permission December 1, 2022 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You…

The older individuals pictured here, on the wooden floor of an indoor basketball court, were participating in an exercise class consisting of stretching, and aerobic repetitive motion movements. At this point in their exercise session, the participants were working the muscles of their arms and shoulders, by holding an inflatable volleyball with both hands, and lifting the ball over, and behind their head, resting it on their neck. This exercise also helped to stretch the muscles as well.

Biology December 1, 2022

50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with age

by Roger Fielding, Tufts University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There is perhaps no better way to see the absolute pinnacle of human athletic abilities…

Health Care November 30, 2022

COVID in Cobb County and statewide: November 30, 2022

The Georgia Department of Public Health reports on the COVID numbers for the state weekly. These numbers are from the report issued on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. The numbers in…

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Opinion November 30, 2022

How I voted – and why you should care

This guest commentary is by Danny Stusser, publisher of The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater (JOLT) in Washington state (published before Thanksgiving day). It’s 27 days before Thanksgiving but…

Health Care November 30, 2022

Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Start With Research

This article by Melba Newsome was first published in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission Melba Newsome November 30, 2022 During a routine visit to the Good Samaritan Clinic in…

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National November 30, 2022

Oath Keepers convictions shed light on the limits of free speech – and the threat posed by militias

by Amy Cooter, Middlebury Institute of International Studies [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The verdicts in a high-profile, monthslong trial of Oath Keepers militia members…

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