Academics, historians, physicians and community leaders convened over breakfast for a program exploring the consequences of historic redlining on Atlanta’s health outcomes. Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) hosted the event with Morehouse School of Medicine on Friday, Aug. 7 at Friendship Baptist Church. Friendship Baptist Church itself carries a rich history, having been […]
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Parents sue Grady over teen’s death, alleged failure to respond to 911 call
The parents of Amanda Sylvester are suing Grady Hospital and Grady EMS for failing to provide ambulance transport and emergency medical care to their daughter on Dec. 5, 2024. Barbara and Anthony Sylvester have assembled a legal team that includes Malone Law, The Moore Law Firm and attorney Ben Crump. The attorneys filed the lawsuit […]
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Grady Health System’s HIV, surgery units advance as county funding to be reviewed
The Grady Health System again faces a precarious future, even as it reached milestones last week with its advanced surgical center and new funding for the center that specializes in HIV/AIDS treatment.
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Ryan White funds for HIV care in pipeline as COVID-19 risks continue
As the CDC establishes the COVID-19 risks for persons living with HIV, metro Atlanta is on track to receive $28 million in federal funding to continue for a year HIV treatment programs for low-income residents in 20 counties.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Grady full, predicting 2021 and more
Also, maybe another way to fight about corporate property tax breaks
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Marcus Stroke Network comes as disease hits soaring number of millennials
The Marcus Foundation has donated $15 million to enhance the prevention and treatment of stroke in the Stroke Belt that covers 11 southern states. It comes on the heels of an analysis by Scientific American magazine that shows stroke is no longer a disease of the elderly — it’s striking a soaring number of millennials.
