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News Articles: coronavirus

Rise Up Falcon

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  • Sports

Falcons First NFL Team To Have 100% Of Players Vaccinated

The Atlanta Falcons have become the first NFL team to have all of its players complete COVID-19 vaccinations. 

August 17, 2021
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  • Associated Press
Kemp

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  • Health

Kemp Boosts Support To Hospitals, Incentivizes State Employees To Get Vaccinated Amid COVID Swell

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday the state will send additional resources to hospitals battling a new wave of COVID-19 patients. 

August 16, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Doctor treating COVID patients

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  • News

Doctor: COVID-19 Is 'Out Of Control' Again In Georgia

Many hospitals in Georgia are so full they’re turning away patients. One Atlanta doctor who specializes in infection prevention says COVID-19 is once again "out of control" in the state.

August 16, 2021
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By:
  • Tiffany Griffith and
  • Wayne Drash
Kids carry lunches

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  • Health

As Schools Open In Southwest Georgia, Doctors Encourage Educators, Staff To Get Vaccinated

Albany-based Dr. Winston Price says if vaccination rates do not improve, schools will see outbreaks of the highly contagious delta variant of the virus. 

August 16, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A fleet of Broward County School Buses are parked in a lot on July 21, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Three county educators have died of complications from the coronavirus.

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  • National

3 Florida Educators Die Of COVID-19 Within 24 Hours As Schools Prepare To Reopen

Less than a week before schools are set to reopen in Broward County, Fla., local union officials say three educators have died of complications from the coronavirus. None of them were vaccinated.

August 14, 2021
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  • Dave Mistich
Canada plans to impose a new vaccine mandate on passengers and workers in the federally regulated air, rail and cruise ship sectors. Here, a police car is seen behind traffic cones in May near Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia.

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  • Global Health

Canada Will Require All Air Travelers To Be Vaccinated In A Broad New Policy

Starting this fall, Canada's government will also require all federal workers to be vaccinated, citing a "dynamic public health situation" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 13, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Bibb County middle school student Sade Veal gets her first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine at a back to school event sponsored by Bibb County Schools.

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  • Children's Health

Georgia Today: COVID-19 Outbreaks And (Some) Mask Mandates Greet Georgia Students As Schools Open

Georgia students are beginning their second year of school during the pandemic as coronavirus cases skyrocket, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. With children under 12 not yet eligible for the vaccine, some school districts are already seeing battles over how best to keep kids safe for in-person learning. Gov. Brian Kemp says he has no plans to impose statewide mask or vaccination mandates. Steve Fennessy gets into all this and more with Atlanta-based Wall Street Journal reporter Cam McWhirter.

August 13, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Kathy Hudson of Phoebe Putney Hospital, Aug. 13, 2021

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  • News

Phoebe Putney Hospital In Albany Gives Grim COVID-19 Update

The Phoebe Putney Hospital system in Albany is facing a grim return to staggering numbers of COVID-19 infections in its intensive care units in Albany, Americus and Sylvester.

On Friday, the hospital announced it had broken a new record passing its peak numbers since the winter surge in January and also passing where they were in April 1, 2020, when it was one of the worst hotspots in the world.

August 13, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
The FDA announced that it has authorized a third COVID-19 vaccine dose for people with weakened immune systems.

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  • Health

FDA Authorizes 3rd COVID-19 Dose For People With Weakened Immunity

The FDA amended its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to allow for an additional dose for some immunocompromised people.

August 13, 2021
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Jane Greenhalgh
The number of people that one sick person will infect (on average) is called R0. Here are the maximum R0 values for a few viruses.

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  • Global Health

The Delta Variant Isn't As Contagious As Chickenpox. But It's Still Highly Contagious

A leaked CDC document compared it to the highly contagious children's disease. Data does not support this claim. Nonetheless, the variant is one of the world's most contagious respiratory diseases.

August 13, 2021
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Houston Healthcare CEO Charles Briscoe during a press conference with Middle Georgia healthcare leaders in which they pleaded with people to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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  • Health

Macon Hospitals Urge COVID Vaccinations, For The Good Of Your Neighbor

Macon hospital leaders want the vaccine hesitant to see their sitting on the fence could cost lives. — from more than just COVID-19.

August 12, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Komal Rana, 19, a student in the Veerni Institute program, has faced pressure to marry since India's pandemic lockdown forced her to return home to her hamlet of Jhalamand near Jodhpur.

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  • Global Health

This Teen Is Being Pushed To Wed Because Of The Pandemic. Her School Helps Her Resist

She's one of 110 girls in a boarding program run by the Veerni Institute in India. When lockdowns hit, they were sent home to their villages, where child marriage is rampant.

August 12, 2021
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
screenshot of healthcare.gov website

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  • Health Care

Health Insurance Exchange Deadline For Uninsured, Unemployed, Lower Premiums Approaching

Georgia’s health insurance exchange is offering more and lower-priced insurance plans. That means more help for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But the deadline to enroll is almost here. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports.  

 

August 12, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Xavier Becerra, then nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, puts on his protective mask at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in February.

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  • Health

Nearly 300,000 More Federal Health Workers Are Ordered To Be Vaccinated

The Department of Health and Human Services will require nearly a third of its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, while the Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its vaccination mandate.

August 12, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Economy

Georgia Enjoys Record-Setting Economic Development Numbers Despite COVID-19

Nearly $11 billion in new investments during fiscal 2021, which ended June 30, represented a 46% increase over the last fiscal year, while 33,439 jobs created across the state beat the previous record by 5%.

August 12, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
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