Topic: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

December 2, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 2, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Atlanta is No. 1 again, but not for a desirable reason. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that no other large American city has higher income inequality than […]

May 13, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: May 13, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.” – C.S. […]

April 1, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: April 1, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note“April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four.” -Mark Twain “Today is April […]

March 4, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 04, 2022

This week, legislators introduced a bill to lower and flatten the state’s personal income tax rate.

December 31, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 31, 2021

In celebration of the Foundation's 30th anniversary in 2021, the Friday Facts included "a trip down Memory Lane," with photographs, news clips and articles thro

December 17, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 17, 2021

Limited government and fiscal responsibility have been mainstays of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991.

November 19, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 19, 2021

Welfare reform and championing the dignity of work have been longtime, linked goals at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991, as this

November 5, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 05, 2021

Noel Khalil, founder and CEO of Columbia Residential and Columbia Ventures, died October 25 after a long illness.

October 8, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 8, 2021

A public service that made its debut in 1996 thanks to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was the innovative Report Card on Georgia’s public schools, highligh


September 17, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 17, 2021

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation marked 30 years of “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives” with a dinner celebration Thursday night at the Geo

September 15, 2021 • Foundation News

Failure by Institution

President Joe Biden this past week said federal agencies will begin requiring employers with as few as 100 employees to mandate their workers get vaccinated aga

September 3, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 03, 2021

In less than two weeks, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary with a September 16 event at the Georgia Aquarium.

August 27, 2021 • Commentary

Keeping an Eye on Telehealth

With the current surge of COVID-19 cases resulting from the Delta variant, and the probability of a continued strain on our healthcare system during the fall an

August 13, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 13, 2021

Soon after it was established in 1991, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation created the W.A.S.T.E. Award, an ignominious recognition of the Tax Day deadline tha


August 2, 2021 • Commentary

Checking Up On Health

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries.

July 19, 2021 • Commentary

Checking Up On Health

Just when you thought it was almost over, COVID-19 rears its ugly head again.

July 9, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 09, 2021

It’s Friday!  Memory Lane Experienced guide: Since 1996, the nonpartisan Georgia Public Policy Foundation has published a legislative agenda – a guide to the state’s policy challenges, with solutions aimed […]

June 14, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: June 14, 2021

Medical Monday: A (mostly) weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. At a conference last week in Idaho, we had some down time and took a shuttle […]

June 4, 2021 • Commentary

For Schools to Return to Normalcy, Community Must Do Its Part

Closing schools because of COVID-19 was terrible for students, families and educators. Students struggled with less than ideal learning opportunities and their mental health. Families were forced to juggle employment […]

May 14, 2021

Friday Facts: May 14, 2021

It’s Friday!  Memory Lane Through the years, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has presented the Freedom Award to  Georgians who have exemplified the principles of private enterprise and personal integrity. […]

May 13, 2021 • Blog

A Post-COVID Return to Normal

The calendar flipped to May and, in my world at least, folks began to party like it’s 2019. In the past week, I’ve been to a restaurant where the waiters […]

May 3, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: May 3, 2021

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A man goes to the doctor and says, “Doctor, […]

April 26, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: April 26, 2021

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. In February 2021, Scott W. Atlas of the Hoover Institution spoke at a Hillsdale College event. Here’s […]

April 20, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: April 19, 2021

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Cat Stevens first sang, “The First Cut is the Deepest.” But last week’s second COVID-19 vaccination suggested […]

April 12, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: April 12, 2021

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Now that the Trump administration is gone, it seems it’s once again OK to mention COVID-19 and […]

April 5, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: April 5, 2021

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Thundering herd immunity: A single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna vaccine reduced the risk of […]

March 29, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: March 29, 2021

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Monday: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press […]

March 15, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: March 15, 2020

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. One concern amid COVID-19 lockdowns, shutdowns, mandates, sheltering at home, isolation and telemedicine is the dangerous […]
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