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‘Perfect storm’: An opioid menace like never before

‘Perfect storm’: An opioid menace like never before

There’s no real profile for the Opioid victims. They don’t appear to fit into any particular economic, racial or ethnic grouping. The rising numbers of opioid overdoses “seem to hit everyone,’’ says Dr.
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Respiratory infection RSV surges in South as mask use, distancing decline

Respiratory infection RSV surges in South as mask use, distancing decline

Doctors in Georgia, including Statesboro, and other Southern states have seen since April an unusual surge of a common respiratory virus (RSV) that affects children and older adults.
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Facing ‘worst ever’ demand for nurses, some hospitals offering unprecedented bonuses

Facing ‘worst ever’ demand for nurses, some hospitals offering unprecedented bonuses

One sign of the severity of Georgia nurses shortage can be seen in the bonuses offered to experienced RNs to join a hospital workforce. Some health systems in the state are paying bonuses of more than $10,000 to attract nurses.
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An unjust virus: What COVID has done to Georgia courts

An unjust virus: What COVID has done to Georgia courts

Bulloch County Probate Court Judge Lorna DeLoach and her husband Corbett were diagnosed with COVID-19 virus a week ago. “I’m just taking it day by day,’’ she said Wednesday while battling a fever. “I’ve got some secondary infection going on.
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South has High Rate of Unreported COVID-19 Deaths, Study Says

South has High Rate of Unreported COVID-19 Deaths, Study Says

Southern states have higher rates of unreported COVID-19 related deaths than other regions of the country, according to a new study.
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Anxiety Mounts as Georgia Educators wait for COVID Vaccine

Anxiety Mounts as Georgia Educators wait for COVID Vaccine

A teacher in southeast Georgia says she got COVID-19 at a school-sponsored event last month. Several others who attended the event also were infected, the teacher says.
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How do Homebound Elderly get COVID-19 Vaccine Shots?

How do Homebound Elderly get COVID-19 Vaccine Shots?

For Georgia seniors, the COVID vaccine rollout has been rocky at best. Yet an increasing number of people 65 and older living in the community and in long-term care facilities now are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Vaccination Problems Worse in States Seen as Vulnerable to COVID

Vaccination Problems Worse in States Seen as Vulnerable to COVID

It felt like Christmas when “Santa Rick” Rosenthal, who runs Northern Lights Santa Academy in Atlanta, snagged a rare slot to receive one of the first COVID-19 vaccines doled out to seniors in Georgia .
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As vaccine strategy adjusted, onslaught of COVID continues in state

As vaccine strategy adjusted, onslaught of COVID continues in state

On the last day of 2020, Augusta University Medical Center was swamped with very sick COVID patients. Sixteen were waiting Thursday in the ER to be moved to ICU beds, but no such beds were available.
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Georgia Vaccination an Epic Undertaking; Seniors, Police Priority Group

Georgia Vaccination an Epic Undertaking; Seniors, Police Priority Group

Vials of COVID-19 vaccine have been arriving at medical facilities across Georgia over the past two weeks.
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