The City of East Point was recently selected as one of ten U.S. cities to partner on a new project with the National Fitness Campaign to create a unique outdoor space where exercise meets art.
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World-class scientists, feeble broadband: Georgia’s digital divide
Sapelo Island and its state-owned facilities are stark examples of the extent of Georgia’s digital divide. Broadband connection is tenuous at best, and threatened by equipment tumbling into a tidal creek that’s eroding along the edge.
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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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Three women named to lead schools in Georgia Tech’s College of Design
The three women who this summer take office as chairs of three schools at Georgia Tech’s College of Design continue both a tradition of academic excellence and the growing role of women in fields that once had been the domains of men, according to the dean of the college.
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Beyoncé, Peloton donate health app, increase intern opportunities at HBCUs
The Freshman 15 weight gain was a challenge for college students even before the pandemic. Beyoncé and Peloton have responded with a free health program for students of Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse University and Morehouse School of Medicine.
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Tenant, health, equity advocates rally to defend challenge to CDC eviction ban
Affordable housing, LGBTQ rights and pediatric health are among the issues that have emerged in a federal lawsuit in Atlanta that pits landlords of millions of rental homes against the CDC’s efforts to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Atlanta’s equitable development: No easy answers, but other cities could light way
As Atlanta struggles with the idea of equitable development in blighted areas, such as along the southern crescent of the Atlanta BeltLine, efforts in Washington, Detroit and Boston present real-time examples.
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Hikes for Health Challenge grew from synergy of region’s parks, greenspaces
The new Hike for Health Challenge, with its $250 incentive from REI, is the latest example of the growing synergy among the leaders of 10 parks and greenspaces in metro Atlanta.
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A former surgeon general wants this to be the last pandemic that’s worse for black Americans
Even work puts black and brown people at higher risk of sickness of now.
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Health of Atlanta’s neighborhoods a marker of progress toward equity
By Guest Columnist DEBRA EDELSON, executive director of Grove Park Foundation
If our Atlanta region continues to grow as predicted, we will have tens of thousands of new residents move in town over the next 10 years. How will they decide what neighborhood to live in? Like many of us, they will look for a community that feels safe, is proximate to good schools, and is accessible to retail and community services. Sadly, across Atlanta, many neighborhoods don’t have these critical characteristics.
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Fulton Fresh Mobile Market to begin; reminds food deserts exist throughout Fulton
The Fulton Fresh Mobile Market begins delivering produce the Tuesday after Memorial Day, and its route reminds that food deserts existing in communities generally thought of as well served with neighborhood amenities – including neighborhoods in or near Alpharetta and Chattahoochee Hills.
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Disease-causing bacteria in water off Georgia beaches now routine presence
Beachgoers were advised they may get sick if they enter the water along portion of three of Georgia’s coastal islands in February because of high levels of a waterborne bacteria associated with disease. The waters have been declared safe, but the warnings remind of the potential harm caused by runoff from manmade or other sources.
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New Ph.D. Program Trains Students In Tackling Complex Urban Challenges
By Jan Nijman, Director and Distinguished University Professor, Urban Studies Institute at Georgia State University This fall, Georgia State University will offer a new Ph.D. program in Urban Studies next fall, the first of its kind in Georgia and only the second in the southeastern United States. The program will give students at the highest […]
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A Gift of Health for a Gifted Student – Dulce Maria’s Dream
By Dale Hanson-Bourke Dulce Maria is an excellent student. She never misses school, and at just 10 years old, she is mature beyond her years. That’s why it surprised her teacher when she had a hard time paying attention in class and began to rest her head on her desk. Soon it became apparent that Dulce Maria […]
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A fresh outlook on exercise as metro Atlanta creates more walkable neighborhoods
Amid all the discussion of walkable neighborhoods and how they boost community health, almost overlooked is the cutting-edge research produced by the YMCA of Metro Atlanta that is helping people improve their physical and emotional health.
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GSU advancing research on impact of e-cigarettes as teen usage skyrockets
Researchers at Georgia State University are helping to explore the health effects and addictive nature of electronic cigarettes at a time the government is trying to curb the spiraling use of the devices among the nation’s high school students and adults.
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Making Birth Safer for Mothers in Nigeria
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Just over a year ago, nine developing nations committed to cutting preventable maternal and neonatal deaths in half. Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda are working to improve the quality of care provided to women and infants in their countries’ healthcare facilities. In our […]
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New collaborative directs funding to fight HIV/AIDS in the South
By Dan Williams, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Friday, December 1, marked the 29th anniversary of World AIDS Day, a day we pause to lend support to people living with HIV and to remember those who have died from AIDS. Over 29 years we have seen great progress in the fight against HIV, […]
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Support grows for Medicaid expansion to close Georgia’s health coverage gap
By Guest Columnist LAURA HARKER, who joined the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute in 2016 as a health policy analyst. She is responsible for researching and reporting on Georgia’s health policies and related spending
A ranking Republican Georgia senator who long panned the idea of expanding Medicaid is working on legislation to make it happen. The conservative Georgia Chamber of Commerce just made an economic case for Medicaid expansion as the best way for the state to get a handle on its health care costs and boost struggling rural hospitals.
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Sir Richard Peto Receives CDC Foundation Hero Award
By Dr. Judy Monroe, president & CEO of the CDC Foundation Did you know that cardiovascular disease (CVD), which includes heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the world today? Eighty percent of CVD deaths are the result of heart attacks and strokes, with more than three-quarters occurring in low-and middle-income […]
