Allen Siegler

Allen Siegler

Reporter, Healthbeat Atlanta

Allen Siegler is one of Healthbeat’s local reporters in Atlanta. Before joining Healthbeat, Allen was the public health reporter at Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit investigative newsroom covering issues in West Virginia. In that role, he covered issues like occupational safety, gun violence and the overdose epidemic. He earned his Master of Public Health degree at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2022. 

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.

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.