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    • Georgia Coronavirus: Hospital News

    Jack Krost participates in Phase 3 of the COVID-19 vaccine trial at Emory University’s Hope Clinic. He’s being treated by Juton Winston, clinical research coordinator at the Hope Clinic. PROVIDED BY EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Coronavirus
    How long, really, before there’s a COVID-19 vaccine? Experts weigh in
    When Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert announced it would cease operations, it had an average daily census of no more than four inpatients yet several dozen employees. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    AJC Investigations
    ‘Push comes to shove moment’ for rural hospitals in Georgia
    In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. According to results released on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, early-stage testing showed the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people's immune systems the way scientists had hoped. The vaccine is made by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
    Education
    Medical experts push for children in COVID-19 vaccine trials
    Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America operates several hospitals in Georgia. It made hundreds of millions of dollars in profit from the CARES Act. (AP Photo/John Russell)
    Coronavirus
    Federal aid results in soaring profits for some hospitals
    FILE - This Tuesday, June 16, 2020 file photo shows a bottle and box for dexamethasone in a pharmacy in Omaha, Neb. New studies confirm that cheap steroid drugs improved survival for severely ill COVID-19 patients, cementing this as a standard of care and expanding options to more types than this one previously shown to help. Nati Harnik/AP Photo
    National & World News
    Steroids confirmed to help severely ill COVID-19 patients
    Drive-up testing for COVID-19.
    Local News
    A look at major coronavirus developments over the past week
    Jy'Merius Glynn has been hospitalized at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for several weeks. He is getting better. Contributed
    Local News
    COVID-19 cases among children surge in Georgia
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    Local News
    Experts: It’s too early to say if plasma therapy works against COVID-19
    Northridge Medical Center in Commerce will close in the fall.
    Georgia News
    Second rural hospital to close
    Registered nurses Jesslyn Lewis (center) and Sasha Stewart (Right) conduct COVID-19 tests outside the Glynn County Health Department in Brunswick on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. RYON HORNE / RHORNE@AJC.COM
    Local News
    A look at major coronavirus developments over the past week
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