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News Articles: Navicent Health

An infant receives a MMR vaccine in the leg.

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CDC, Local Docs Say Don't Put Off Routine Childhood Vaccinations Against Measles, Whooping Cough

Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a drop in routine childhood vaccinations as families stayed home to slow the spread of coronavirus. Now, they’re being reminded to not let those vaccines lapse.

April 26, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Ninfa Saunders

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Ninfa Saunders Out As CEO Of Navicent Health: Acting CEO And President Named

Ninfa Saunders is no longer at the helm of Navicent Health.

October 16, 2020
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  • Becky Purser
A July surge in COVID-19 patients has Macon hospitals hustling at near capacity with cases that are markedly different from the virus' emergence in spring.

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  • Health

New COVID-19 Patients Younger And Female At Macon Hospitals

Not only have cases skyrocketed, but there’s a demographic shift on who is affected by the deadly virus at Macon’s three hospitals.

July 28, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Georgia's Department of Public Health releases COVID-19 case numbers twice daily but the statistics don't give the complete picture.

Macon Commissioner Worries About COVID-19 Spread In Factories, And Questions Hospital Numbers

Commissioner Elaine Lucas gets regular reports from the health department on the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Macon-Bibb County but has no...

April 15, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Dr. Paul Dale, who is the Chief of Surgical Oncology at Navicent Health in Macon, speaks with GPB's Morning Edition about male breast cancer.

Macon Surgeon On Raising Breast Cancer Awareness Among Men

From special cleats worn by football players to tutus on runners in 5Ks, pink is definitely the color that reminds us that October is Breast Cancer...

October 25, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Cooper, a husky-malamute mix, was one of the first to receive a pacemaker through the Navicent Health-University of Georgia Pacemaker Donation Program. His family reports that he is doing well.

Used Pacemakers Give New Life To Animals

A partnership between a hospital and a veterinary clinic is lowering the cost of life-saving operations for animals.

February 20, 2019
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By:
  • Cindy Hill
Nurses care for babies in the NICU at the Children's Hospital Navicent Health in Macon.

Savannah Hospital Evacuates Babies To Macon

In advance of Hurricane Irma 45 babies from Savannah Memorial Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit evacuated to several Georgia hospitals. Fifteen of...

September 11, 2017
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By:
  • Josephine Bennett

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