The Atlanta-based American Cancer Society will lay off 1,000 employees nationwide because of effects of the coronavirus on fundraising. The nonprofit did not say how many of those jobs are in Atlanta but that its fundraising has been hurt by the spread of COVID-19, according to a statement released Wednesday to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The…
Metro Atlanta companies joined a chorus of others from around the country in denouncing racial injustices as demonstrations against police brutality and other racially tinged confrontations continued across the U.S. on Tuesday. Some of those same businesses are pledging action as the nation convulses under days of protests triggered by the deaths of George Floyd…
The five-column headline that greeted readers of The Atlanta Constitution roughly a century ago is an eerie reminder of the parallels between the coronavirus and another debilitating pandemic that swept across the state. “Public gathering places closed by city council for two months,” announced the front page of the Oct. 8, 1918 edition. “Unless otherwise…
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out
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