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It Happened in Crawford County: Sharon Cooper helps keep Bucyrus vendors on the map
Telegraph-Forum via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSharon Cooper is a daughter of Dave and Miriam Kalb Cooper. She has five siblings: Mary Ann Cooper,...
The continued rise of maternal mortality in Georgia leaves families broken in its wake
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn Aug. 16, 2022, Amanda Jones logged on to Facebook to share the good news. She posted pictures of...
Report: Cobb's HIV rate up 19% over five-year period
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 2—New data released by Cobb & Douglas Public Health shows the rate of Cobb residents living with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, climbed by 19% from 2016 to 2020. Dr. Janet Memark ...
'Community cat' control program in Port St. Lucie needs volunteers
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPORT ST. LUCIE — A city program to help control “community” or free-roaming cats has served hundreds...
Mending a broken heart: How they fixed my faulty ticker
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 26—MARIETTA — Lying on an operating table one Friday afternoon in December, a surgeon drained my heart of blood and stopped it from beating. This is my "Other than that, how was the play ...
Cobb leaders on abortion in a post-Roe Georgia
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 25—As the Supreme Court struck down the right to an abortion Friday in its move to overturn Roe v. Wade, the author of House Bill 481 — Georgia's so-called "heartbeat bill" — said he expects ...
Maternal mortality, opioids, HIV: Lawmakers discuss Cobb's public health challenges
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 1—ATLANTA — In the wake of a new, 800-page report from Cobb and Douglas Public Health, the agency's deputy director briefed Cobb lawmakers this week on some of the county's most pressing ...
Cobb's check-up finds rising mental health and addiction crisis
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 29—A new report from Cobb's public health authority found in the aftermath of the pandemic, the county is facing rising rates of drug use and mental health struggles. The community health ...