http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/11/add-it-up-obese-you-need-a-walkable-city-my-friend/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/11/add-it-up-obese-you-need-a-walkable-city-my-friend/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:12:02 +0000 Asher Smith http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22114 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/11/add-it-up-obese-you-need-a-walkable-city-my-friend/feed/ 0 We're not as walkable — or as trim — as we could be http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/15/dr-thomas-frieden-named-new-cdc-director/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/15/dr-thomas-frieden-named-new-cdc-director/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 15:21:17 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19784 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/15/dr-thomas-frieden-named-new-cdc-director/feed/ 6 Guy loves condoms, hates trans fats http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/11/atlantas-bike-to-work-week-may-11-15/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/11/atlantas-bike-to-work-week-may-11-15/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 21:11:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19580 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/11/atlantas-bike-to-work-week-may-11-15/feed/ 0 Events and activities await velocipede lovers http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/02/word-swine-flu-in-us-georgia/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/02/word-swine-flu-in-us-georgia/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 16:01:37 +0000 Andy Nelson http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19194 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/02/word-swine-flu-in-us-georgia/feed/ 0 Wash your hands, cover your mouth when you sneeze, don't panic http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/30/wsb-georgia-swine-flu-case-confirmed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/30/wsb-georgia-swine-flu-case-confirmed/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:16:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19176 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/30/wsb-georgia-swine-flu-case-confirmed/feed/ 0 CDC confirms 30-year-old out-of-state woman has state's first case http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/the-cdc-contains-an-outbreak-of-cultural-curiosities/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/the-cdc-contains-an-outbreak-of-cultural-curiosities/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:30:21 +0000 Cinque Hicks http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9444 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/the-cdc-contains-an-outbreak-of-cultural-curiosities/feed/ 0 The centers' Global Health Odyssey Museum looks at the long-term societal effects of diseases such as AIDS, the Black Death, Spanish Flu and more. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/morning-headlines-110/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/morning-headlines-110/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:04:36 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/morning-headlines-110/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/07/morning-headlines-110/feed/ 0 FIRE ANTS: All U.S. fire ants can be traced back to a handful of queens that stowed away on a boat from Argentina to Mobile, Ala., in the 1930s, according to a UGA entomologist. BRETT AND THE JETS: Brett Favre was traded early this morning by the Packers to the New York Jets, ending his historic [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/27/morning-headlines-60/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/27/morning-headlines-60/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 14:13:43 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/27/morning-headlines-60/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/27/morning-headlines-60/feed/ 0 FEE FOR ALL: Atlanta City Councilman Jim Maddox proposes taxing $1 for tickets to pro sporting events and major concerts in the city to help soften the looming $140 million budget shortfall. 14TH STREET BRIDGE: Dead to us. GET OUT OF MY CAR: Between March 2007 and March 2008, American driving dropped at the steepest rate since [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/02/morning-headlines-44/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/02/morning-headlines-44/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 15:57:17 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/02/morning-headlines-44/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/02/morning-headlines-44/feed/ 0 GAME 6 TONIGHT: I’ve seen Celtic Pride. We have to keep Daniel Stern and Dan Akroyd away from Joe Johnson today. GANGBUSTERS: Gang experts say the NBA only drew attention to Paul Pierce’s apparent gang sign during the Celtics Game 4 loss in Atlanta by fining him for it. TEAT-TOTALING: Three out of four moms now breast-feed [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/02/08/mixed-reviews-at-the-cdc/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/02/08/mixed-reviews-at-the-cdc/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:45:48 +0000 Alyssa Abkowitz http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/02/08/mixed-reviews-at-the-cdc/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/02/08/mixed-reviews-at-the-cdc/feed/ 0 Despite all the criticism the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received — from the exodus of top scientists to the low morale of employees — the public recently rated the organization the best federal agency. The poll, conducted by Harris Interactive, was released a week after a government survey showed only 40 percent [...]