Allen Siegler

1 month ago | mississippitoday.org | Allen Siegler

MOUND BAYOU — Less than 10% of adults in the Mississippi Delta went to the dentist in the last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s a statistic the Delta’s U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson used to emphasize the difficulties people in his district face to a crowd of a few dozen people gathered in the Mound Bayou Delta Health Center parking lot late Wednesday morning.

1 month ago | mississippitoday.org | Allen Siegler

DUBLIN — Pregnant with her second child and entering addiction treatment at a Coahoma County residential program in 2019, Katiee Evans worried she had ruined her life beyond repair. The Columbus native had struggled for years with methamphetamine addiction, a disorder that led the state to take custody of her then-7-month-old daughter. Evans didn’t complete treatment after giving birth to her first child, but the prospect of remaining with her newborn motivated her to try it again.

2 months ago | healthbeat.org | Rebecca Grapevine |Mara Silvers |Allen Siegler

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Thousands were laid off Tuesday from the Atlanta-based CDC, dealing a blow to the city’s public health workforce, local, national and global research on illness prevention, and likely the city’s economy. The CDC’s parent agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, last week announced a sweeping reorganization that would result in about 2,400 “reductions in force” at the CDC.

2 months ago | mdjonline.com | Allen Siegler |Healthbeat Atlanta

Even as one of the most severe Georgia flu seasons in recent years continues to recede, health workers in the metro Atlanta area continue to express caution about respiratory, vaccine-preventable diseases. Throughout March, hospitalizations and health care visits for flu have continued to decline in the state, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2 months ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn |Rebekah Sager |Madeline Thigpen |Allen Siegler

The house that Tyreek Davis is renting in College Park is similar to the kind of home he’d like to buy and can afford. It has four-bedrooms, 2.5-bathrooms, a driveway, garage, washer and dryer — an upgrade from the Union City apartment where he previously lived. But it’s not for sale, and none of the other homes in his subdivision are either.