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Advocates say they are worried about HIV prevention services after the layoffs.
Measles was common before widespread vaccination in the United States started in the late 1960s. Before then, many people had measles as young children.
As with many things in Atlanta, the answer involves Coca-Cola — and mosquitoes.
Nurses play a huge role in the public health and health care systems. And there aren’t enough of them.
“... [P]erhaps let go of what’s not in our control,” and more advice from one of Atlanta’s public health leaders.
Public health work is often invisible — until a disease breaks out or some other crisis arises. Here’s a glimpse at how a local health department contained a measles outbreak earlier this year.
