Health & Wellness

Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp greet supporters before a press conference at Ola High School in Henry County on Friday, July 29, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Some Georgians could get one-time $350 aid checks, Kemp announces

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Morehouse School of Medicine enters $100M partnership to train more Black doctors

Morehouse School of Medicine, Gilead target HIV health disparities

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New data shows inequities in use of medicine that prevents HIV

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Study: Women on this diet are 33% more likely to break a hip

Former Auburn football player Mayo Sowell, found himself without a pro career after an injury. To make money he turned to the streets and later found redemption in his faith.

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Mayo Sowell: From the gridiron and prison to the pulpit

How coronavirus could attack brains of some patients

Cognitive rehab may help older adults clear COVID-related brain fog

CDC: More than half of young Americans have at least one chronic illness

What parents should know about parechovirus in children and babies

One in five Georgia women of childbearing age uninsured, study finds

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The Affordable Care Act is nearing its 10th anniversary, and the once sparse market is now flourishing, with almost a dozen companies offering plans in Georgia. Open enrollment for 2022 plans starts Nov. 1.

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Biden administration officially suspends Kemp’s plan to block ACA site

Early data shows monkeypox disproportionately affecting Black men

‘Children are not little adults’ and need special protection during heat waves

Study shows what predisposes individuals to Alzheimer’s disease

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Ashton Kutcher discusses autoimmune disorder that left him blind and deaf

How you can deal with emotional triggers

Q&A: What to know about monkeypox symptoms and how it spreads

Selena Gomez talks quitting social media, starting a family and retirement

US birth rate trended only slightly upward in 2021

Analysis: Georgia is nation’s 5th worst state to have baby in

EPA action boosts grassroots momentum to reduce toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Misleading pharma ads on Medicare target Georgia senator, voters

Hundreds get monkeypox vaccine at DeKalb Co. center

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Back to school: Georgia among worst for children’s COVID-19 vaccines

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Long COVID study looks at why some can’t shake dizziness, fatigue and more

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Camille Seaton, a 20-year-old from Marietta, turned to social media to share her experience with monkeypox. The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed its first case of monkeypox in a female in late July 2022. (TikTok screenshots)

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Marietta woman goes public with her fight against monkeypox

A registered nurse prepares a dose of a Monkeypox vaccine at the Salt Lake County Health Department Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The country’s monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped, U.S. health officials said Thursday, despite rising case numbers and so-far limited vaccine supplies.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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UPDATE: DeKalb Health’s new monkeypox vaccine appointments fill up in 15 minutes

In classrooms, cleaning measures like those used during for COVID-19 can be effective against the monkeypox virus (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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