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Health Care March 21, 2024

Health Workers Fear It’s Profits Before Protection as CDC Revisits Airborne Transmission

This article by Amy Maxmen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Amy Maxmen March 19, 2024 Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19…

Health Care December 15, 2023

Rift Over When to Use N95s Puts Health Workers at Risk Again

This article by Amy Maxmen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Amy Maxmen December 14, 2023 Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19,…

Health Care September 20, 2023

Health Workers Warn Loosening Mask Advice in Hospitals Would Harm Patients and Providers

This article by Amy Maxmen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Amy Maxmen September 18, 2023 Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the…

Health Care March 4, 2022

Mask requirement lifted for Cobb County courts

Cobb County issued the following announcement on its social media: The Cobb County court system has also lifted its mask requirement for entering court buildings. Mask wearing is optional as…

Health Care January 28, 2022

What is the best mask for COVID-19? A mechanical engineer explains the science after 2 years of testing masks in his lab

By Christian L’Orange, Colorado State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidelines about masks and…

Three student winners of InVenture Prize at Georgia Tech

Education September 16, 2021

Cobb students’ invention wins state competition; team declines Cobb school board recognition over mask request

By Rebecca Gaunt Three Cobb County sixth graders won the InVenture Prize at Georgia Tech for the recycling app they invented last year when they were fifth graders at Mt….

Education August 20, 2021

Ragsdale says no to masks as hundreds rally in the parking lot

By Rebecca Gaunt After a tense afternoon work session Thursday, the Cobb County Board of Education reconvened for the voting session as the parking lot teemed with people on both…

Health Care August 12, 2021

Cobb parents rally for mask mandate as COVID-19 tensions rise

By Rebecca Gaunt This week the entire fifth grade at East Side Elementary was sent home due to a high number of COVID-19 cases, and a school board member sent…

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Health Care August 10, 2021

Parents plan to rally for mask mandate in Cobb County schools Thursday

By Rebecca Gaunt Parents frustrated with the lack of COVID-19 safety protocols in Cobb County School District are planning a rally at the CCSD main office. Parents and students in…

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

Smyrna August 18, 2020

Derek Norton issues executive order requiring face coverings in Smyrna

Smyrna Mayor Derek Norton issued an executive order today requiring the use of face coverings in public with the exception of a list of exclusions delineated in the order. The…

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Cobb County December 22, 2024

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