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Climate Change Is The Greatest Threat To Public Health, Top

WEBThe rapidly warming climate is the “greatest threat” to global public health, more than 200 medical journals are warning in an unprecedented joint statement that …

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Community Health Centers Struggling As Fewer People Seek Care …

WEBVirtual visits don’t get reimbursed at the same rate as regular in-person visits. For example, he says, an online visit is currently being reimbursed at between $13 …

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Open enrollment underway on Georgia’s marketplace for …

WEBGeorgia officials are urging everyone without health insurance in the state to take advantage of the Georgia Access website during this year’s open enrollment …

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Deadlines for 2024 Affordable Care Act open enrollment – WABE

WEBSome key deadlines: Dec. 15 — The last day to sign up for plans beginning Jan. 1, 2024, if the first premium is paid. Jan. 15 — ACA open enrollment ends. It’s the last day to enroll …

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Forsyth Still No. 1 As County Health Rankings Show Familiar Pattern

WEBOnce again, Forsyth County ranks as the healthiest county in Georgia. And the next four healthiest — Oconee, Cherokee, Fayette and Gwinnett — are the same as …

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Clinch County At High Risk Of Big Virus Impact, Analysis Says

WEBAn analysis of counties especially vulnerable to a major COVID-19 outbreak points to a South Georgia county as having the highest risk in the nation. The health …

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More than a half million people lose health coverage during …

WEBGov. Brian Kemp’s office has repeatedly pushed back on the criticism. A spokesman for the governor said Georgia has added more than $50 million in funding …

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In Atlanta, Breaking Down Barriers To Timely HIV Care – WABE

WEBIn metro Atlanta, one of the nation’s HIV hot-spots, groups have already been working to break down the barriers that often keep the most vulnerable populations …

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Grady Memorial Hospital expands Atlanta footprint with new

WEBGrady has since absorbed a chunk of new patients who formerly sought care at AMC, as well as at Wellstar’s East Point hospital, which also shut down last spring. …

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One year after Atlanta Medical Center closed, hospital site remains …

WEBNovember 2nd, 2023. A photograph of the now defunct Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) This week marks one year …

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Grady Hospital to open new Atlanta area clinics more than a year …

WEBWABE’s mission is simple: “Inform, inspire, reflect and empower our greater Atlanta community. ” We do that through the news, information, and entertainment we …

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City officials try to buy time for former site of Atlanta Medical

WEBMador said Wellstar Health System initially blamed a drop in revenue for its decision to close Atlanta Medical Center last November. Today, the 25-acre site remains …

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Grassroots work leads to vaccination success in Georgia refugee

WEBCommunity health workers and grassroots organizations there have been crucial in educating people about the covid vaccine, and organizers say their efforts …

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Ga. Lawmakers Release Recommendations To Reduce State’s High …

WEBThose are just some of the 19 recommendations made this week made by the Georgia House Study Committee on Maternal Mortality. After months of hearings, the …

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Georgians poised to secure incremental gains in mental health …

WEBGeorgians poised to secure incremental gains in mental health treatment options in 2024. Jill Nolin | Georgia Recorder. April 16th, 2024. Instead of a single …

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The Gap Between Rich And Poor Americans’ Health Is Widening

WEBIncome inequality has grown over the last several decades in the U.S. And as the gap between rich and poor yawns, so does the gap in their health, according to a …

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Morehouse Study Shows Impact Of Coronavirus On Georgia’s …

WEBThe study is based on Public Health data for Georgia counties that have at least 10 cases of COVID-19. An increase of 1 percent of black population in a county …

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Atlanta’s high HIV rates persist: LGBTQ advocates cut ribbon on …

WEBAmong the factors behind Georgia’s longstanding HIV disparities, said Alvan Quamina, CEO and executive director of the nonprofit organization NAESM, are barriers …

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Georgia hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence

WEBGeorgia hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff. Renuka Rayasam | NPR. May 15th, 2023. One person died and four were injured …

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