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• Blacks' Vaccination Rates Rise as Many Overcome Hesitancy But new research and statistics show that the divide between vaccination rates of whites and African Americans is narrowing.
  Georgia Health News, October 2021
• Hospital Workers' Vaccine Rates: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown "They weren't just three individuals," says Charles Briscoe, president and CEO of the Middle Georgia system. "They were very much loved."
  Georgia Health News, July 2021
• RSV Surges in South as Mask Use, Distancing Decline The spike in cases of RSV at this time of year is linked, at least in part, to children and others no longer widely wearing masks or social distancing to prevent COVID-19 infection.
  Georgia Health News, June 2021
• Protect Pregnant Workers and Those With New Babies To date, 30 US states have instituted legislation to ensure working women are protected from discrimination while they are pregnant or after they have recently given birth.
  Georgia Health News, June 2021
• Hospital Closure: A Rural Black Community Loses a Lifeline Without a hospital remaining nearby, several residents said their loved ones delayed getting care when they fell ill with what they thought might be COVID.
  Georgia Health News, June 2021
• Some Hospitals Offering Nurses Unprecedented Hiring Bonuses The need for hospital bedside nurses with experience 'is the worst we've ever seen it,' said Matt Caseman, CEO of the Georgia Nurses Association.
  Georgia Health News, May 2021
• Trump Officials Thwarted EPA Action on Cancer-Causing Gas Last week, a report by the EPA's Office of the Inspector General said "political appointees" hindered the efforts of agency staff to investigate the scope of ethylene oxide contamination.
  Georgia Health News, April 2021
• White Bagging: Insurer Shift on Drugs Raises Alarm A change in treatment for cancer is arriving in Georgia. It's not a new medication. What's coming is what's known as 'white bagging,' an insurer tactic involving expensive infusion or injection drugs.
  Georgia Health News, April 2021
• Poisoning Peril: More Kids Ingesting Hand Sanitizer More kids than usual have been ingesting these fluids, which are typically alcohol-based. Swallowing just a tiny amount can cause alcohol poisoning in children, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
  Georgia Health News, March 2021
• South Has High Rate of Unreported COVID Deaths, Study Says The study analyzed deaths in 787 U.S. counties that had more than 20 COVID fatalities from Feb. 1 to Oct. 17, 2020. Georgia accounted for more than 50 of the counties studied.
  Georgia Health News, January 2021

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