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Atlanta remembers ‘The Happy Preacher,’ Cail Merrell

Memorial services for the ‘Happy Preacher’ on Friday and Saturday
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These Expert-Approved Tips Will Help You Get the Best Sleep Ever

Study finds fatigue could predict death in older adults
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Anthem is the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield names new chief in Georgia
Dentist Rana Stino, left, checks the retainer fit on patient Holly Brown on Jan. 20, 2022, at Water Tower Dental Care in Chicago. Brown wears a retainer to protect her teeth from grinding. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Cracked teeth. Grinding. Dentists say COVID-19 stress is affecting our dental health
Experts Say Avoid These Foods For a Healthier Mind

Relationship between food, disease stronger than you may think
5 Skincare Mistakes You're Making

What is ‘slugging,’ the newest viral skin care hack?
Being unvaccinated puts unborn children at risk

Study: Severe COVID complications more common in unvaccinated pregnant women
Governor Brian Kemp and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma celebrate with a fist bump after Verma announced that the Trump administration would approve both Georgia's health care "waiver" requests. (PHOTO by Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver
Edward Irons, dean emeritus of the business school at Clark Atlanta University

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Edward Irons: a dean emeritus at Clark Atlanta University, dies at 98
FDA approves first peanut allergy drug treatment

Early treatment could tame peanut allergies in small kids
US Reports More Than 1 Million New Daily COVID-19 Cases Amid Omicron Surge

Study highlights where you’re most likely to get COVID-19
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5 'Harmless' Habits That Are Disrupting Your Sleep

Wake-up call: Research reveals toll of poor sleep on health care workers
What if COVID doesn’t go away? How Georgians are trying to get on with their lives
Georgia hospitals plead for public to help lower COVID-19 spread
Why Black women need to be screened for cervical cancer
COVID-19 is causing the worst worker shortage in a generation in Georgia's nursing homes, and the shortages are sending waves of disruption throughout the state’s health system. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Nursing homes struggle as omicron depletes staff, sickens residents
COVID vaccination rates among young children lag in Georgia, South
5 science-backed ways you can improve your memory
Blood donation could send you to the Super Bowl
Turning limbs into art

Alternative Limb Project creates unique prosthetics for amputees
Why is this COVID surge so different from the others? Here’s what doctors say
Saturday is the last day for ACA health insurance signups
Experts say these are the top 5 diets of 2022
This bearded dragon gave a person a wave.

Why your pet bearded dragon might make you sick
‘Don’t weigh me’ cards now available to take to doctors
What is Hashimoto’s disease?
Advocates weigh in on Medicare decision on new Alzheimer’s drug
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