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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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Most Recent Chattooga County Food Service Inspections
Most Recent Chattooga County Food Service Inspections
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/ 7 years agoUS Prioritizes Combatting Antibiotic Resistance
In the United States alone, at least 23,000 people die each year from the more than 2 million antibiotic-resistant infections that...
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/ 7 years agoCDC: 9 states report adult obesity at or above 35%
Obesity decreased by level of education. Adults without a high school degree or equivalent had the highest self-reported obesity (35.0%), followed...
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/ 7 years agoCDC, States Up the Number of Lung Disease Cases Associated with Vaping
The CDC announced this week that both the numbers of confirmed cases of lung disease associated with e-cigarette product use maintained...
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/ 7 years ago$7 Million Headed to Ga for Maternal, Infant Health
This program seeks to to provide voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services to women during pregnancy, and to parents with young children...
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/ 7 years agoCDC: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Continue in Pregnancy-Related Deaths
The CDC says Black, American Indian/Alaska Native women most affected
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/ 7 years agoUS to Purchase $170 Million in Smallpox Vaccines for Stockpiling
The US can purchase additional vaccine over the next 10 years, with a target of $2 billion in procurement and surge...
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/ 7 years agoCDC Awards New Funds to Stop Drug Overdoses, Deaths
$301 million in new Overdose Data to Action funds is headed to states and local jurisdictions.
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/ 7 years agoSome Medicaid, Medicare Rules Suspended Due to Hurricane Dorian
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced efforts underway to support Georgia and South Carolina in response to...
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/ 7 years agoOn Overdose Awareness Day: A Mother’s Grief, a Top Prosecutor’s Dire Warning and Photos of Lives Lost in the Opioid Epidemic
According to law enforcement reports, the price of fentanyl in 2019 – whether in powder form and pill form – is...