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The threat of drug-resistant infections is worsening. Refugees are at the highest risk

A new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention concludes that the threat of antimicrobial-resistant infections is not only still present but has gotten worse — with resistant hospital-onset infections and deaths both increasing at least 15% during the first year of the pandemic. Research from the University of Georgia shows the refugee community is most at risk.

July 25, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Clarkston Community Health Center

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Combating COVID-19 Conspiracies To Reach Georgia’s Vaccine Hesitant In Cultures Where It’s Taboo

Workers at the Clarkston Community Health Center are in a fight against vaccine hesitancy. Immigrants, many refugees, make up  more than half of the residents in this city of about 13,000 people. The population is at high risk of contracting the virus and, community leaders say, among the hardest to convince to be vaccinated.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch

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CDC Grants Project $500K To Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy In Refugee Community

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding a $500,000 grant to help reduce vaccine hesitancy in the city of Clarkston.

June 21, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • News

OST Full Show: Triage Decisions, Sobriety In Lockdown, Chef Vivian Howard, Cinemas During Pandemic

In medical situations, it weighs heavily on doctors and nurses when they are unable to save a life. So, what happens when the decision is not what...

April 17, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 4 more
Mohamoud Saed, a refugee from Somalia, helps out in a friend's clothing store in Clarkston, Ga., Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

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  • Politics

Amid Refugee Resettlement Debate, Supporting Both Refugees And President Trump

Last September, President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring state and local governments to consent, in writing, to allow refugee...

January 16, 2020
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By:
  • Pria Mahadevan and
  • Virginia Prescott
Refuge Coffee began as a single food truck in Clarkston, and has grown into a full-fledged coffee shop in the years since.

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Refuge Coffee Company Builds Community One Cup At A Time

When Kitti Murray and her husband Bill moved to Clarkston, Georgia, she never expected she’d be running a coffee shop that doubles as job training for...

January 03, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan
A recent report saw how cities and Georgia can use speed traps along with other ordinance violations to boost revenue, much to citizens' annoyance.

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  • Law

Study Reveals Cost Of 'Taxation By Citation' In 3 Georgia Cities

If you’ve ever been pulled over for driving three miles over the speed limit, you may have been subject to ‘taxation by citation’ — local governments...

November 05, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer
Luma Mufleh sits down with students at the Fugees Academy.

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'Accomplishing The Impossible' Through The Fugees Academy

When Luma Mufleh moved from Jordan to the United States in 1994 to attend Smith College, she didn’t imagine she’d ever be running a full-fledged school...

October 29, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan

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OST Full Show: Atlanta Sports Update, Fugees Family Inc., Ghost Brothers

As speculation spreads over the potential mid-season replacement of Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn, we get an update on all things happening in Atlanta...

October 29, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Another Democrat Enters 2020 Senate Race

On this edition of Political Rewind, Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry becomes the latest to announce his candidacy for U.S. Senate in 2020.

July 10, 2019
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
The middle school students of the Global Village Project during a visit to the Tubman African American Museum in Macon.

How Refugees – And The Communities That Welcome Them – Are Transforming The South

June 20 marks World Refugee Day. The United Nations defines refugees as people forced to flee their native countries "because of persecution, war or...

June 20, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 5 more
Former KKK member befriends Muslim cardiologist.

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How A Former White Supremacist Befriended Muslim Cardiologist

Chris Buckley served in Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming an Imperial Nighthawk of the Northern Georgia Ku Klux Klan. He said he turned to drug...

December 27, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 1 more
Ted Terry is the mayor of Clarkston, a large refugee community located near Atlanta.

Georgia Refugee Community Prepares For Travel Ban

President Trump’s executive orders concerning immigrants and refugees have upset a lot of people across the country. The town of Clarkston, Georgia is...

February 01, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers
Clarkston is the first city in Georgia to decriminalize marijuana possession.

Clarkston City Council Votes To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

After a unanimous city council vote Tuesday night, the city of Clarkston will no longer arrest people caught with an ounce or less of marijuana. Instead...

July 06, 2016
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By:
  • Miranda Fulmore

Mayor Wants Big Changes For Georgia Weed Laws

Georgia may not be following in the footsteps of Colorado or Washington when it comes to legalizing recreational marijuana, but local politicians in the...

April 20, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Taylor Gantt

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