A DeKalb County clinic that treats many refugee patients recently found that about 25% of their 1- and 2-year-old patients have anemia.
Leaders at the Cobb and Douglas Public Health department continue to express caution about respiratory, vaccine-preventable diseases.
The Cobb and Douglas Public Health Department director said the agency would lose nearly $500,000 from federal cuts.
Flu and RSV are on their way down as winter turns to spring, but wastewater data are showing higher levels of Covid.
‘Responsibilities that should be on adults are on teenage kids,’ said the principal of the school.
Flu hospitalizations have decreased dramatically since early February.
A study published in January examined some of the potential mental health effects of the current political climate.
Health officials have detected high levels of whooping cough cases since 2024.
Flu cases appear to be decreasing, while RSV and Covid-19 infections may be increasing.
The local health department hopes to build a new South Cobb Public Health Center, but $3 million of federal funding has yet to be approved.