Elly Yu

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In California, Nursing Home Owners Can Operate After They're Denied A License

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Nursing home chain ReNew Health continues to care for hundreds of patients even after the state attempted to crack down. Before and during the pandemic, homes connected to ReNew had safety violations.

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Extended Families Living Together Raise Risks For COVID-19 Transmission

Saturday, August 08, 2020

Public health experts are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus within multigenerational households. Families of color tend to live in such households more than white families.

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Eerie Emptiness Of ERs Worries Doctors: Where Are The Heart Attacks And Strokes?

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Is fear of the coronavirus causing ER avoidance? Doctors are seeing an alarming drop in cardiovascular emergency cases. They warn that delayed care can lead to brain damage or even death.

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COVID-19 Fears May Be Causing People To Ignore Medical Emergencies

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Is fear of the coronavirus causing ER avoidance? Data indicates an alarming drop in cardiovascular emergency cases, and doctors say some patients waited too long and had brain damage or even died.

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High School Vape Culture Can Be Almost As Hard To Shake As Addiction, Teens Say

Monday, October 14, 2019

One in 4 high school seniors say they have vaped in the past month. And for heavy users, scary headlines about serious illness and death are no match for nicotine addiction and peer pressure.

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News Brief: Fourth Of July Recap, Sudan, Canada-Saudi Arms Deal

Friday, July 05, 2019

We recap the Fourth of July in Washington, D.C., have an update on Sudan and look at controversy over an arms deal between Canada and Saudi Arabia.

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D.C. Officials Push Back On Trump's July 4 Plans

Thursday, July 04, 2019

President Trump is planning big changes to the annual Fourth of July festivities in Washington, D.C. Some D.C. residents are skeptical of the plans.

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Washington, D.C., Officials Prepare For White Nationalist Rally

Friday, August 10, 2018

Officials in Washington, D.C., are ramping up security for ahead of this weekend's white nationalist rally. It comes a year after the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.

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Trump Administration Appoints Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald As New CDC Director

Friday, July 07, 2017

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald has been appointed as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. She is an obstetrician-gynecologist who's led the Georgia state health department for six years. She succeeds Dr. Thomas Frieden.

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Campaigning Overwhelms Georgians In Most Expensive House Race Ever

Sunday, June 18, 2017

After months of campaigning, Georgia's special congressional election is almost over. Voters in the Atlanta suburbs are burnt out after millions of dollars of TV ads.

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Disability Advocates Fear Impact Of Medicaid Cuts In GOP Health Plan

Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Evan Nodvin has lived on his own since after high school. But since he has Down syndrome, he does that with help from Medicaid. The Trump administration is threatening deep cuts to the program.

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Thousands Celebrate MLK Day At MLK's Home Church

Monday, January 16, 2017

The church Martin Luther King Junior was baptized in as a child and where he served as minister holds a special significance — especially on MLK Day.

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Atlanta Businesses Again Lead Push Against Social Conservatives

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Corporations in Atlanta have a long history of supporting a focus on business, not social conservatives' issues. Now the governor is vetoing a bill that LGBT groups say would lead to discrimination.

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Georgia Governor Set To Veto 'Religious Liberty' Bill. Here's Why

Monday, March 28, 2016

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has announced his plan to veto a bill of religious exemptions, which would have protected opponents of same-sex marriage. Businesses played a huge role in the debate.

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An Atlanta Neighborhood Tries To Redefine Gentrification

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

In Atlanta's East Lake community, an organization called Purpose Built Communities is trying to make gentrification work for the residents who endured the tough times.

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DOJ: Georgia Must Change How It Segregates Disabled Students From Their Peers

Monday, August 10, 2015

Georgia public schools are unfairly segregating disabled children from their non-disabled peers, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. We explore how the state educates these students.

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Rikers Inmate Testifies Against Two Correction Officers

Thursday, December 05, 2013

An inmate who, last month, was prevented from testifying against two correction officers, came to court and testified Thursday.

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SAT Scores, Participation Increase in City High Schools

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday visited one of the many schools that opened during his three-term tenure to tout higher test scores and participation rates among high school students. 

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Catholic High School Postpones Talk by Controversial Priest

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

A Catholic high school in the Bronx has postponed a talk by a controversial priest involved in an organization, called Courage, that encourages gay men and women to remain celibate.

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New Jersey Allows Non-Violent Offenders to Safely Surrender

Thursday, November 07, 2013

Hundreds of people with arrest warrants lined up in the rain in Jersey City Thursday to turn themselves in through New Jersey's "safe surrender" program. 

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