This article was published by KFF Health News. STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — As principal of Dunaire Elementary School, Sean Deas has seen firsthand the struggles faced by children living in extended-stay hotels. About 10% of students at his school, just east of Atlanta, live in one. The children, Deas said, often have been exposed to […]
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Uninsured in Atlanta and Need a COVID Shot? You May Need to Call Around.
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters It’s been over a month since the FDA approved new COVID vaccines, but for uninsured and underinsured Atlantans who rely on the public health system to get the shots at low cost, the process is fraught with conflicting information […]
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Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Candi Miller’s health was so fragile, doctors warned having another baby could kill her. “They said it was going to be more painful and her […]
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‘No Gown, No Glove’: Grady’s New Test for Prostate Cancer Aims to Improve Odds for Black Men
This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. Leanne Woods-Burnham is a top prostate cancer researcher. But being a top researcher doesn’t guarantee your relatives get the best care. Burnham’s husband struggled to persuade a doctor to run a common prostate […]
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How Rural Doulas Are Addressing Georgia’s Maternity Care Crisis
This article was published by KFF Health News. When Bristeria Clark went into labor with her son in 2015, her contractions were steady at first. Then, they stalled. Her cervix stopped dilating. After a few hours, doctors at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, prepped Clark for an emergency cesarean section. It wasn’t the […]
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Atlanta physician joining USA Gymnastics Men’s Team at 2024 Summer Olympics
Dr. Torrance Laury instantly fell in love with gymnastics as a 6-year-old growing up in Marietta. He decided to give the sport a try after watching his older brother compete for years. About five years later, Laury suffered an injury that sparked an interest in medicine. Now a former competitive gymnast and a sports medicine physician […]
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Housing-First Policies Are on the Ballot This Presidential Election
This story was originally published by Atlanta Civic Circle. One of the nation’s most widely embraced strategies to combat homelessness — getting people housed first and then addressing other needs around mental health, addiction, and employment — faces an existential threat in the upcoming presidential election. Like Democratic and Republican administrations before it, the Biden […]
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Fact Check: What Have Biden and Trump Done for Black People?
This story will be updated. As America watched the first presidential debate Thursday night, some observers said President Joe Biden’s performance failed the vibe check and former President Donald Trump kept lying. But what really raised eyebrows was Trump’s response when asked about the candidates’ appeal to Black voters. “The fact is that his big […]
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‘Improved’ Georgia System to Monitor Campaign Donations Was a Bust
This story was originally published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Only a few years after introducing a new and “improved” e-filing system that is supposed to let the public know who is funding campaigns and what politicians are beneficiaries of Capitol lobbyists’ largesse, the state is looking to scrap it and start over. After spending an estimated […]
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Repairs Continue in Midtown as Water Outages Reach 4th Day
This story was originally published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Crews continued to work on a broken main on West Peachtree Street in Midtown, with nearby residents warned of impacts to their water service as the crisis reached its fourth day. Water had been gushing out of the main, one of two significant breaks in Atlanta, […]
