Gov. Brian Kemp’s announcement last week that Georgia would start easing restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic by opening tattoo parlors, bowling alleys, gyms, hair and nail salons on April 24 and then restaurants and movie theaters on April 27 has put the national spotlight on the state.
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Clarkston Summit lays foundation for deeper community engagement
By Rebecca Baggett, MPH, Director, Programs and Communications, Emory Global Health Institute On Nov. 10, more than 250 members of the Clarkston refugee and immigrant communities, Emory and Georgia State University (GSU) researchers and volunteers, and community organization representatives met at GSU’s Clarkston campus to learn from each other and lay a foundation for future […]
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Think you don’t need a flu shot? Doctors preparing for pandemic beg to differ.
What would surprise people about the flu? The fact that it kills even young, healthy people who don’t have other risk factors, said Dr. Joe Bresee.
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Ebola Outbreak Response in DRC Demonstrates Importance of Global Health Security
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 has been alarming, recent news coming out of DRC is encouraging. Importantly, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently reported that […]
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Data For Health Initiative National Public Health Bulletins Vitally Important
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 guide decision making and policy development. One part of the initiative, called the Data Impact Program, aims to ensure health […]
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Give a Net. Save a Life.
By Amy Tolchinsky, senior communications officer for the CDC Foundation Imagine living in extremely close quarters with your neighbors, a diet that offers poor nutrition, decreased immunity to diseases and lack of health services. This is what life is like for nearly 277,000 refugees in the Bidi Bidi camp in Uganda—currently the world’s largest refugee […]
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Countdown To History: World Polio Day
By Emily Webb, manager of stewardship for the CDC Foundation A dozen cases of wild polio virus have been reported globally in 2017. Of course, one case of polio is one case too many when you are on a course to eradicate this devastating disease worldwide. What a staggering thought. It’s difficult for us to […]
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You Can Improve Lives in Destructive Hurricane Season
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation If you have watched the news lately, you have seen the devastation from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. You may be wondering how you can help our friends, neighbors and fellow American citizens, on the mainland and in U.S. territories. In the aftermath of […]
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7 ways CDC is keeping us safe from deadly diseases
The threat is real: defunding CDC puts us all in danger, in every country of the globe By: Courtney Carson, MA, Policy and Advocacy Officer, GHTC & Brandon Ball, Policy & Advocacy Officer, PATH Photo: Dr. Stephen Redd gives a tour of CDC’s Emergency Operations Center, which serves as a command center for monitoring and […]
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American Board Of Obstetrics And Gynecology Honors Dr. Larry Gilstrap III
By Amy Macklin, senior advancement officer for the CDC Foundation To honor Dr. Larry C. Gilstrap III’s legacy as executive director of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) and in recognition of his profound impact on the health of women and children whose care he has influenced, ABOG has made a generous gift […]
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Together With CDC And You, Our Impact Is Greater
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO for the CDC Foundation Does your brand reflect who you are? Amazon CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos has said, “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” That’s interesting to think about. What would people say about you or your organization when […]
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Ebola: People + Public Health + Political Will
By Claire Stinson, senior communications officer for the CDC Foundation What was it like at ground zero of the worst outbreak of Ebola in history? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) David J. Sencer Museum will be the first U.S. museum to offer an overview of the devastating viral outbreak that killed more […]
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The Journey toward Polio Eradication
By Dr. Judy Monroe Sixty years ago few diseases struck as much fear in parents and children as polio. I know because my mother, who is now 95, was infected with polio in 1952 at the height of the epidemic. It’s difficult for us to imagine in the United States today, but the journey toward […]
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Partnership Works to Protect Burkina Faso from Meningitis A
By Pierce Nelson, vice president for communications for the CDC Foundation The thermometer nears 95 degrees at 8:00 a.m. in Laye, Burkina Faso, a small village about 20 miles from the capital city of Ouagadougou. Though the temperature will top 105 degrees today, the heat has not kept the mothers of a few dozen children […]
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Atlanta emerging as a nexus to address climate change and global health
Atlanta’s significant role as a center for global health is now well-recognized and appreciated.
But last week, when the Atlanta-based Carter Center hosted the Climate & Health Meeting, it became apparent that our region’s contributions to improving global health must now take into account the growing challenges of climate change.
And Atlanta has an opportunity to become a nexus for expert knowledge and action to address how climate change will impact global health.
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UN General Assembly Elevates Antibiotic Resistance to Crisis Level
What do we do if antibiotics no longer work and are no longer the “miracle drug” we’ve all come to take for granted since at least the 1940s?
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Commentary: Georgia’s a central city for global health
The Task Force for Global Health – the largest nonprofit based in Georgia – received a significant endorsement this month. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded the Task Force with its 2016 Humanitarian Prize – which comes with a $2 million grant.
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GSU art professor helps resculpt Alaska’s plastic ocean trash for CDC museum art
Beach season alert: The persistence of marine debris, carried by enormous ocean currents, inspired the provocative sculptures and assemblages at the odd museum in CDC headquarters. If you swim in the ocean or admire its immense power, seek out “Gyre: The Plastic Ocean” before it closes June 16 at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum. GSU distinguished art professor Pam Longobardi fashioned a giant cornucopia titled “Dark and Plentiful Bounty,” the largest and most complex sculpture of her career. It features only a fraction of the tons of trash gathered from remote inlets in Alaska—garbage that became the palette for the 25 artists in this exhibit.
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Ebola research by Emory, CDC yields results as aid workers arrive for monitoring after exposure to virus
As several aid workers exposed to the Ebola virus arrive for monitoring in Atlanta, researchers from Emory University and the CDC report progress in their efforts to improve treatment of the disease.
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Pin color shifts blue to pink as focus moves from prostate to breast cancer
Rockdale County Chairman Richard Oden is preparing to change his lapel pin from a light blue ribbon to a pink ribbon.
At the ARC meeting last week, someone commented that Oden’s pin wasn’t pink, to recognize October as breast cancer awareness month. Oden responded that his blue pin recognizes September as prostate cancer awareness month, and he would change to a pink pin on Oct. 1.
Awareness pins are a subtle but stark reminder that Georgia leads the nation in the rates by which individuals developed or died from prostate or breast cancer in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
