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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia’s 289 confirmed cases account for the the fifth highest number of monkeypox infections in the country. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/TNS)

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‘Everyone is struggling:’ LGBTQ Atlantans scramble for monkeypox vaccine
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This illustration picture taken on Nov, 23, 2020 shows a bottle reading "Vaccine Covid-19" and a syringe next to the Pfizer and Biontech logo. West Virginia is now checking immunity of vaccinated residents of a nursing home to see if protection levels are wearing off. (Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

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Nursing homes in better position to handle new COVID variant
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Adult Protective Services has since improved training for staff, expanded outreach to law enforcement and revised its intake policies to respond more quickly to urgent cases.

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Investigation shows improvements to system protecting seniors
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Health officials announce first monkeypox case in woman in Georgia
Dani Marietti (holding sign) and her friends gather for a “sterilization shower” in Helena, Montana, in July before Marietti was scheduled to have her fallopian tubes surgically removed. (Ellis Juhlin/Yellowstone Public Radio)

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Post-‘Roe,’ people are seeking permanent sterilizations, and some are being turned away
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WWII Nurse who served on the front lines at the Battle of the Bulge passes away at 101
Monkeypox could spread beyond specific communities, WHO warns

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Jamil Joyner, a medical student at Morehouse School of Medicine poses for a portrait on Friday, July 22, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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New guidelines released on eliminating racism, bias in medical school
Local health departments in Georgia to administer monkeypox vaccines
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A medical laboratory technician inactivates suspected monkeypox samples to be PCR tested at the microbiology laboratory of La Paz Hospital on June 6, 2022 ,in Madrid, Spain. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/TNS)

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Monkeypox cases continue to rise in Georgia
A maternity home for teens in the South makes plans to expand
Study: Even a little bit of exercise can boost women’s brain speed
Healthy foods nutritionists snack on each day
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How exposure to toxic chemicals in everyday products can affect reproductive health
As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger
Why women and men respond differently to depression treatment
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Morehouse joins initiative to increase diversity in clinical trials
COVID-19: Georgia’s summer surge is here
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June 29, 2022 Atlanta - A clinic staffer prepares for a patient at an examining room at Feminist Women's Health Center on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Court settlement: Georgia Medicaid must fund gender-reaffirming care
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