Record daily number of COVID-19 deaths reported in Georgia
Georgia reported Friday what appears to be the highest single-day total of deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
The 92 fatalities weren’t a sudden...
DPH releases new COVID-19 reporting methods
(Gainesville) - The District 2 Public Health Epidemiology Section has a new method that Covid-19 cases can be reported, get information, or verify guidance. The...
Bars and COVID-19: Can safety guidelines work?
A required 10 p.m. cutoff for serving alcohol in bars has put Georgia’s best-known college town in the cross-hairs of a COVID-19 debate.
Should states...
Recovered COVID-19 patients asked to donate convalescent plasma to help fight virus
LifeSouth asks those who have recovered from COVID-19 to help save lives by donating convalescent plasma. The need for convalescent plasma has increased by 500%...
State reaches 200,000 COVID-19 case mark; county hot spots remain
Georgia has passed the 200,000 mark in COVID-19 cases and is close to exceeding 4,000 deaths from the virus.
The state Department of Public Health,...
Amid pandemic, state’s mental health agency has extensive layoffs
Budget cuts due to the COVID-19 economic crisis have led the state’s mental health agency to lay off 200 employees.
The jobs included positions in each...
Georgia college students, faculty want more COVID-19 safety on campus
Nearly 1,000 graduate students and supporters from across the state are calling for changes to the University System of Georgia’s reopening plans.
With many Georgia...
GOP leaders reluctant to add billions in state, local aid in new relief deal
(Washington) – GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy is making a strong push to rescue ailing state and local governments in a fifth coronavirus relief bill...
The complicated world of contact tracing
Many students choose to take it easy during their summer break. But instead of spending the remaining days of her summer vacation sleeping in, Sombal...
Return to school is fraught choice for families with special needs students
Georgia’s public schools are reopening this month even as COVID-19 continues its spread among people of all ages and some special needs families are...
Rural hospitals face COVID challenges of patient transfers, staffing
Evans Memorial Hospital in southeast Georgia recently struggled to find someone to accept the transfer of a very sick COVID-19 patient.
After Evans staff called...
UGA listed as No. 3 among colleges in COVID cases; Public Health revamps website
About 400 University of Georgia faculty, staff, and students have tested positive for COVID-19, health officials on the Athens campus say.
UGA has the third-highest...