Thursday on Political Rewind: The latest developments in the fight against COVID-19. In Georgia and across the nation, confirmed cases of the virus have dropped off. However, uncertainty remains if the winter months will bring back another surge as people spend more time indoors to escape the cold.
The shortage of beds in Georgia’s state psychiatric facilities reflects a national trend linked to staffing deficits that are cramping services in the public mental health system. The bed capacity problem, which has existed for years, has worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic,
A panel of independent advisers to the Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the agency issue emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 years old.
In a statement to students, faculty and staff, UGA President Jere Morehead and other members of the university’s leadership warned “please be aware that the federal government has defined covered employees and covered contractor workplaces broadly.”
Immunocompromised people such as transplant recipients are now strongly encouraged to get a booster shot — a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or a second dose of the Johnson & Johnson shot.
