Atlanta – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that two monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments for COVID-19 are currently not authorized for use due to their limited effectiveness against the Omicron variant. Omicron is still circulating widely in the U.S., including Georgia. Monoclonal antibodies are synthetic, laboratory-created proteins that mimic the immune system’s [read more...]
Euharlee Police Department sees tremendous decrease in speeding cases due to the New Traffic Safety Program to Reduce Excessive Speeding Through Euharlee Elementary and Woodland Middle School Zones Implementation of an automated traffic enforcement safety device program has been successful, revealing a 95% reduction in speeders. (Euharlee, GA, January 27, 2022) - The Euharlee [read more...]
A new logistics center is proposed for the city of Emerson. According to paperwork filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, plans for Project B include a one-story, fifty-foot tall building. The 790,500 square foot building would be built on a 70-acre site at Lakepoint Parkway. The building would definitely increase traffic in the area, [read more...]
Cartersville, Ga. (Jan. 21, 2022) – Visitors and patients at Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center must now wear medical masks, as opposed to cloth masks, when at the hospital. The goal of the updated masking policy is to prevent the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19. The new rule applies across the Piedmont [read more...]
Company monitoring forecasts and mobilizing storm response teams and personnel to respond to potential service interruptions ATLANTA – January 13, 2022 – As winter weather, including freezing rain, wind and snow, is predicted to move across Georgia this holiday weekend, Georgia Power is prepared to respond to outages safely and as quickly as weather [read more...]
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (Jan. 6, 2021) – During the first week of National Blood Donor Month, Blood Assurance is experiencing a sharp increase in cancellations due to winter weather and the Covid-19 omicron variant. Since Jan. 1, dozens of businesses and organizations have reconsidered holding their planned mobile blood drives. As a result, more than 800 [read more...]
Twenty-four-year-old Blanca Estela Arteaga died in the three-vehicle that occurred north bound lane of I-75 near mile marker 289. According to Georgia State Patrol reports, the crash involved two tractor-trailers and a passenger car. A black 2014 Toyota Camry, driven by twenty-four-year-old, Blanca Estela Arteaga, of Rome struck the rear of a 1995 Freightliner tractor-trailer. [read more...]
Atlanta – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is announcing the allocation of Merck and Pfizer oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 to select retail pharmacies in Georgia. Initial supply of Molnupiravir and Paxlovid™ from the federal government is very limited. DPH anticipates additional allocations in the coming weeks as production increases. Per guidance from [read more...]
Atlanta – To help keep hospital emergency departments open to treat medical emergencies, individuals seeking COVID testing should not go to hospital emergency departments unless they are experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms requiring urgent medical attention. Asymptomatic individuals or individuals with mild symptoms should find testing sites other than hospital emergency departments. COVID-19 testing locations are [read more...]
Hospitals across the country are often full at this time of year because of seasonal illnesses, like the flu. This year, however, we are also still contending with COVID-19. In addition to the Delta variant, which caused the largest and worse surge of the pandemic, thus far, the Omicron variant is now the predominant variant [read more...]
