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Erin Brockovich Returns to Northwest Georgia Announces New Water, Soil, and Dust Testing Campaign in Rome, Ga. and Surrounding Counties
Erin Brockovich Returns to Northwest Georgia Announces New Water, Soil, and Dust Testing Campaign in Rome, Ga. and Surrounding Counties. Famed...
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Carr Warns that Failure to Pass on Gas Tax Suspension will be Investigated
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is reminding businesses of the recent suspension of the gas tax and noting that any failure...
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/ 6 years agoCDC Shipping Coronavirus Diagnostic Testing Kits Around Globe
Distribution of the tests will help improve the global capacity to detect and respond to the 2019 novel coronavirus.
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/ 6 years agoThis Super Bowl, Don’t Get Sacked by Foodborne Illness
According to the National Chicken Council, Americans will consume more than 1.4 billion chicken wings this Super Bowl Sunday.
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/ 6 years agoCDC Issues Federal Quarantine Order to Repatriated U.S. Citizens
According to the CDC, this legal order will protect the health of the repatriated citizens, their families, and their communities.
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/ 6 years agoCoronavirus Declared Public Health Emergency by US HHS
The declaration is retroactive and allows for more flexibility for states and local governmnts in using federal resources.
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/ 6 years agoCDC Advises Travelers to Avoid All Nonessential Travel to China
This warning is in response to an ongoing outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV) spreading between people in...
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/ 6 years agoVA releases updated DOD list identifying Agent Orange sites outside of Vietnam
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released in January an updated Department of Defense list of locations outside of Vietnam where...
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/ 6 years agoDPH Says Agency is Working to Identify and Prevent Spread of Coronavirus in Georgia
DPH has not confirmed any novel (new) coronavirus cases to date, however the situation could change.
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/ 6 years agoGBI: Deaths Related to Prescription Drug Overdoses Decrease in 2018
An analysis of autopsies performed by the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office in 152 counties in which drug overdose was the cause...
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/ 6 years agoMedicare to Begin Covering Acupuncture for Certain Conditions
Acupuncture for certain back conditions is now an option for Medicare recipients.
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/ 6 years agoFirst Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in US
The patient recently returned from Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of pneumonia caused by this novel coronavirus has been ongoing since...