Cobb & Douglas Public Health Training Drill
City of Douglasville | CITI TV | This CITI TV video highlights a health training exercise that was conducted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 by Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH), in...
View ArticleCobb’s Kids Get Moving: Local Schools Among Top in Nation in Campaign to End...
By Aimee Sachs | The Marietta Daily Journal | Schools in Cobb County are doing their part to fight childhood obesity and enhance their physical education classes, and three have received accolades by...
View ArticleRestaurant Health Inspections – August 30-September 5
The Marietta Daily Journal reports the Health Inspection scores of 21 restaurants inspected between August 30 – September 5. By Staff | The Marietta Daily Journal | The following are results of...
View ArticleRestaurant Health Inspections – September 6-12
The Marietta Daily Journal reports the Health Inspection scores of 36 restaurants inspected between September 6 –12. By Staff | The Marietta Daily Journal | The following are results of inspections...
View ArticleCobb Officials: No Need to Panic Over Texas Ebola Case
By Emily Boorstein | The Marietta Daily Journal | MARIETTA — Although federal officials confirmed the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the U.S. on Tuesday, local officials say there is no need...
View ArticleOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the U.S. Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer. One out of...
View ArticleCobb Jail Inmate’s Initial Ebola Tests Negative So Far
By Staff | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | An inmate in the Cobb County Jail has been tested for Ebola infection, and officials have concluded it’s unlikely he was exposed. But one remaining, and...
View ArticlePreliminary Ebola Test is Negative for Hospitalized Cobb Inmate
By Justin Ove | East Cobb Patch | UPDATE (2:52 p.m.): FOX 5 Atlanta reports that the Cobb County inmate who was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital over fears that he contracted Ebola while traveling...
View ArticleEbola Scare in Cobb County a False Alarm
By Andy Miller | Georgia Health News | The climate of fear about the Ebola virus focused on Cobb County on Friday, after a jail inmate there was tested for the disease. But Ebola tests have come back...
View ArticleNow 50 People in Dallas Monitored for Ebola Virus
By Tom Corwin | The Augusta Chronicle | There are now 50 people in Dallas being monitored daily for signs they might have contracted the Ebola virus from the first case diagnosed in the U.S., though...
View ArticleNews Conference on Cobb County, GA Jail Ebola Scare
By Staff | Fox 5 Atlanta | Officials in Cobb County, Georgia hold a news conference regarding an inmate that was evaluated for flu-like symptoms following a recent arrest. The inmate claimed he had...
View ArticleGeorgia Inmate Ebola Negative
By Staff | Outbreak News Today | The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has been notified that laboratory testing confirms a Cobb County, Ga. patient is not infected with Ebola. The Centers for...
View ArticleEbola Scare Tied to Suffolk
By Tracy Agnew | Suffolk News-Herald | A Suffolk man reportedly caused an Ebola scare at a Georgia jail Friday after he told intake officers he had recently been to Africa and showed some symptoms of...
View ArticleRestaurant Health Inspections – September 20-26
The Marietta Daily Journal reports the Health Inspection scores of 32 restaurants inspected between September 20 –26. By Staff | The Marietta Daily Journal | The following are results of inspections...
View ArticleCobb inmate indicted in Ebola scare
Hilary Butschek | The Marietta Daily Journal | MARIETTA — Authorities say a man claiming to have Ebola symptoms last week could have been lying to police, using the contagious and sometimes lethal...
View ArticleEbola statements draw charges
By Tracy Agnew | Suffolk News-Herald | A Suffolk man arrested in Georgia who was tested for the Ebola virus after becoming ill and saying he had been to Africa has been charged with three counts of...
View ArticleRestaurant Health Inspections – September 27 – October 3
The Marietta Daily Journal reports the Health Inspection scores of 28 restaurants inspected between September 27 – October 3. By Staff | The Marietta Daily Journal | The following are results of...
View ArticleCobb & Douglas Public Health to Host 14th Annual Power in Truth Conference in...
Cobb & Douglas Public Health, in partnership with the Live Healthy Douglas Coalition and other community partners, is proud to host the 14th annual Power in Truth conference on October 21, 2014 for...
View ArticleCobb & Douglas Public Health Encourages Parents and Children to Participate...
In observance of National Walk to School Day, Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) – together with Safe Kids Cobb County, is partnering with We Can! In Cobb, Georgia Safe Routes to School and FedEx...
View ArticleCobb & Douglas Public Health Re-opens WIC Program in South Cobb
Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) is pleased to announce the re-opening of the Women, Infant & Children Supplemental Nutrition (WIC) program located at the South Cobb Public Health Center...
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