Dr. Antonio Rios receives Georgia Hospital Association’s Physician Hero Award
GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Dr. Antonio Rios, a longtime internal medicine physician at Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS), has been honored with the Georgia Hospital...
Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training certification now requires training on dementia
People are being diagnosed with dementia earlier and more often as the population ages, according to the most recent facts and figures from the...
Poll: Belief in false measles claims correlated with lower vaccination rates
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Americans are increasingly unsure what to believe about measles as an outbreak spreads throughout the country, according to a survey...
FDA seeks to phase out 8 common food dyes
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Trump administration health officials announced Tuesday they hope to eliminate eight petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply before...
Georgia now has a ‘right to try’ law so terminal patients can take experimental...
Elijah Stacy is going to die. Soon.
The 23-year-old suffers from a rare genetic muscle-wasting disease known as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which has a...
Georgia’s public health community warns of fallout from proposed federal funding cuts
The Georgia Department of Public Health will face some cuts to its available funding, as the federal Department of Health and Human Services confirmed...
Talk to the animals—these therapy patients do
"Brian" (a pseudonym used to protect his privacy) was a successful professional in a high-intensity career and seemed to have everything. Yet he felt...
State-by-state report by Dems projects millions of people could lose Medicaid coverage
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — A report released Thursday by Democrats details how many people in each state would lose access to Medicaid if Republicans...
Amid rising measles cases, and one death from the disease, some ask ‘Do I...
A recent survey from Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease (PFID) shows almost 70% of people are concerned about declining vaccination rates among children. This...
‘We are our sister’s keeper.’ An Atlanta nonprofit spotlights the many roles of a...
Sekesa Berry, founder of the Atlanta Doula Collective, said she launched the organization as a response to the maternal health crisis that disproportionately affects...
Blood Drive at The Pointe Church
The Pointe Church, located at 111 Fieldcrest Drive, Eastanollee, GA, is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from...
Workers laid off from CDC gather at Capitol to urge Georgia officials to defend...
ATLANTA - Public health employees and contractors who lost their jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered at the Georgia Capitol...