Let’s take a look at this week in Georgia History. On Jan. 14, 1940, Julian Bond was born. Bond was a leader throughout the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. In 1960, he helped form the ...
The message is clear: Nobody is safe until all of us are safe. When it comes to vaccines to protect people from the COVID-19 virus and its variants, we will need to ta global strategy
Plus, lots of hospital funds raised and more ...
Since March 21, Georgians have been paid about $10.5 billion in unemployment benefits.
Handling homelessness, hunger, education and oh yea, a pandemic.
By Amy Tolchinsky When the novel coronavirus first appeared in the United States, little was known about the virus that spread so swiftly throughout the country. Each day we are learning more, but there are ...
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on December 6, 2019 It’s a family affair. Earlier this year, Judy Monroe, CEO of the CDC Foundation, asked her songwriting daughter – Kelley Elle – if she could write ...
Atlanta is capitalizing on its unique role as the center for global health with the launch of the national Global Health Crisis Coordination Center.
By Judy Monroe, MD Heading into an emergency response you know one thing: needs going into the crisis will always evolve and change. That’s to be expected, so it is essential organizations have flexibility to ...
By Lisa Splitlog, Director of Communications for the CDC Foundation Despite the fact that vaccination is one of the world’s most effective ways to save and protect lives, significant hurdles remain. In particular, measles is ...
By Deborah Magsaysay, program officer for the CDC Foundation Cervical cancer is preventable and treatable, so why is it the fourth most common cancer in women with an estimated 570,000 new cases last year? In ...
By Robert Lubitz, MD, MPH, a cancer survivor, physician-executive and an advocate for safe patient care. Lubitz is also the husband of CDC Foundation President and CEO Dr. Judy Monroe. Being told you have cancer ...
By Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation Unfortunately, most of us have a connection to the opioid overdose crisis now hitting the United States, whether through the struggles of a family ...
Photo above: Dr. Maria Jefferds, CDC, and Dr. Karim Bougma, CDC Foundation, are studying the potential of a new technology on anthropometric data collection. The new automated system could have far reaching implications for public health—providing ...
Photo above credit Starehe Girls’ Centre and School By Elizabeth Patrick, donor relations officer for the CDC Foundation On August 7, 1998, Louise Martin DVM, MS, EIS ’85, a beloved and caring individual, stopped by ...
By Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation For many, Zika virus has fallen off the radar since the height of the outbreak in the western hemisphere in 2015–17 as the news ...
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation We recently marked the second month since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While this latest outbreak ...
By Amy Tolchinsky, senior communications officer for the CDC Foundation It’s summer time—what is your high school student doing this summer? A select group of rising high school juniors and seniors are re-creating global outbreaks, ...
By Michelle Panneton, MPH, senior program officer for the CDC Foundation In 2015, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the Data for Health Initiative (D4H) to help governments build sustainable capacity to gather and use scientific data to ...
By Catherine Zilber Meningitis is a deadly infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. One particular bacteria, Neisseria meningitides, is the culprit of meningococcal meningitis and features different strains—A, C, W, X ...
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