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Climate November 27, 2022

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world’s poorest countries?

by Bethany Tietjen, Tufts University [This article first appeared in The Conversation on November 2, republished with permission. COP27 began on November 6 and ended on November 20] You may…

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Health Care cost November 27, 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: When Insurance Won’t Pay, Abortion Assistance Funds Step In

This podcast by Dan Weissmann was first published by Kaiser Health News, republished here with permission Dan Weissmann November 23, 2022 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Click…

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Health Care November 27, 2022

COVID-19 rapid tests can breed confusion – here’s how to make sense of the results and what to do, according to 3 testing experts

by Nathaniel Hafer, UMass Chan Medical School; Apurv Soni, UMass Chan Medical School, and Yukari Manabe, Johns Hopkins University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As…

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Mental Health November 26, 2022

Air pollution harms the brain and mental health, too – a large-scale analysis documents effects on brain regions associated with emotions

by Clara G. Zundel, Wayne State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big…

Business November 26, 2022

Death Is Anything but a Dying Business as Private Equity Cashes In

[This article by Markian Hawryluk first appeared in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission] Markian Hawryluk September 22, 2022 [UPDATED on Sept. 22] Private equity firms are investing in health…

Climate change November 26, 2022

After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit – here’s what we can still do about it

by Peter Schlosser, Arizona State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5…

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Voting Rights November 26, 2022

Cities want noncitizens to vote on local matters. GOP sees a target

This article was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C. by Kristian Hernández, Center for Public Integrity November 22, 2022 WASHINGTON…

Health Care November 25, 2022

COVID cases among Cobb County’s school-aged residents for the 14-day period ending November 23, 2022

The table below is a summary of the Georgia Department of Public Health‘s School Aged COVID-19 Data Report for Cobb County and statewide for the two-week period ending November 23,…

Transportation November 25, 2022

Road work and lane closure information for Cobb County posted by the Cobb DOT for the week of Saturday, November 26 to Friday December 2, 2022

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, November 26 to Friday December…

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Health Care cost November 25, 2022

His-and-Hers Cataract Surgeries, But His Bill Was 20 Times as Much

[This article by Angela Hart first appeared in Kaiser Health News and on NPR in June of this year, republished with permission] Angela Hart Photos by Heidi de Marco June…

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