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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,…

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History December 22, 2024

How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,…

Defense industry December 22, 2024

Lockheed Martin gets up to an additional $11.8 billion on existing F-35 contract

Photo of F-35 in flight courtesy of Lockheed Martin According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin will be awarded a “not-to-exceed $11,762,911,991” modification to…

Cobb County December 22, 2024

Two Sweetwater Mission food distributions highlighted

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following reports and photos from two Sweetwater Mission food distribution events in South Cobb: Food distribution at Friendship Revival Center Barry submitted the…

Climate and Weather December 22, 2024

Cobb climate almanac & weather forecast for Sunday, December 22, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Sunday, December 22, 2024, with a high near 46 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be clear, with…

Acworth December 22, 2024

Jeff’s Bagel Run: scratch-made bagels in Acworth

By Mark Woolsey There’s a new entry on the bagel front in Acworth, and its name might make you blink. Co-owner Valee Desai says their store, dubbed Jeff’s Bagel Run,…

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N95 masks

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

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