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Betty Smith, 84, left, got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive thru event in Cochran recently. "I felt proud," Smith said when asked how the shot felt. "I hope it helps."

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  • Health

How To Start Talking With The 'Vaccine Hesitant'

You may be ready for the coronavirus vaccine. You may know someone who decidedly is not ready. How do you begin a meaningful conversation about that?

February 04, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
A Drive-thru testing site

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Georgia Mayors On Managing Coronavirus Case Explosion

On this edition of Political Rewind, we focused on Georgia’s communities and how they are faring during these difficult times.

August 03, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
GPB News NPR

Georgia Sees Dramatic Rise In COVID-19 Patients In Hospitals

With 82% of Georgia's critical care beds now in use, health systems across the state say they're quickly nearing capacity as cases of COVID-19 continue...

July 10, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Volunteers hand out some of the 60,000 meals disbursed by the Middle Georgia Regional Food Bank in Macon one day in May.

Is The Food Safety Net Enough For The COVID-19 Recession?

On a Wednesday morning, the ninth in a row, cars snaked into the parking lot of the YMCA in Albany. At the front door, a small crew of Boy Scouts loaded...

June 17, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A wooden cross made from a tree stump, known by some locals as a symbol of hope, sits outside of Phoebe Putney Memorial hospital on Monday, April 20, 2020, in Albany, Georgia.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Where Georgia Stands On Testing

Monday on Political Rewind , in-person early voting begins but there will be fewer polling places open than usual. Measures are being taken at many...

May 18, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
Barber Marian Searcy cuts Shaquille Sanders' hair in the shop Searcy helps run in downtown Macon Friday. "Just me being a man and the stress of me being a man, to provide for my household, that's my drive for coming back to work," Searcy said.

Balancing Safety, Bank Accounts As COVID-19 Strictures Ease

Macon barber Marshall Hughes, like barbers across Georgia, has been idle lately. Not so for his daughter. She’s in her second year as a nurse at the...

April 27, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship and
  • Emily Jones
John Patteson has worked at Procter and Gamble's Albany paper plant for 16 years. The coronavirus pandemic changed everything.

Albany Plant Workers Adjust To New Normal, Say More Toilet Paper Is On Its Way

John Patteson spent the last 16 years working for the Procter and Gamble paper plant in Albany, which is a hotspot for coronavirus in Georgia. In a...

April 14, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Dr. Jamie Miller's charity, Medical Masks for Georgia, has made it a mission to provide PPE to undersupplied medical facilities and public service workers across the state.

Milton Doctor Raises Thousands To Supply Hospitals, Firefighters With Masks

Dr. Jamie Miller of Milton knows what it's like to lose a loved one. Her father died one week before last Thanksgiving. Though he didn't die of COVID-19...

April 07, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
A COVID-19 patient is released to cheers from staff at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany last week.

Signs Of Hope In Georgia's COVID-19 Hotspot

There are signs that healthcare workers in the COVID-19 hotspot in southwest Georgia are playing from a stronger hand than the one they were dealt at...

April 06, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Signs in the windows of the Pretoria Fields Brewery in Albany aimed at reassuring residents coping with coronavirus. The brewery recently began making hand sanitizer.

How Albany Emerged As A Global COVID-19 Hotspot

Dr. LaMont Smith still has a lot of friends at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. It’s one of the places he practiced critical medical care...

April 02, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The View From Parts Southwest

Monday on Political Rewind , we’re joined by Mayor Bo Dorough of Albany, to discuss the ongoing public health crisis from the perspective of his town in...

March 30, 2020
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  • Bill Nigut
Kermit "Bo" Dorough is a lawyer and politician who was elected as the mayor of Albany in 2019.

Albany Mayor Bo Dorough Addresses The Coronavirus Outbreak In Southwest Georgia

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to grow in Georgia, mayors across the state are enacting measures to protect residents from the...

March 27, 2020
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Leslie Owens sews together protective mask covers outof surgical linen in her Albany home.

In COVID-19 Hotspot, Handmade Masks Help Stretch Medical Supplies

Leslie Owens will tell you: sewing is not really her thing. “Full disclosure, I really haven't touched a sewing machine since Home EC in seventh grade,”...

March 25, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship

COVID-19 Cases Emerging In Southwest Georgia

Cases of COVID-19 are now emerging in Southwest Georgia, far from the state epicenter of the outbreak in metro Atlanta. Officials at Phoebe Putney...

March 16, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A number of incumbents across Georgia fell in runoff election Tuesday night.

Incumbents Across Georgia Fall As Local Runoff Elections Wrap

As results from runoff elections across the state were finalized Tuesday night, one trend emerged: voters wanted change. Incumbents across the state...

December 04, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell
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