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A hormone That Might Cause Or Cure Alzheimer's

In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University,...

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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...

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GPB Midday Headlines For Friday May 31, 2019

More Major Media Companies Reconsider Working In Georgia MARTA Moves Closer To Major Transit Expansion Beer And Wine To Be Sold At Sanford Stadium

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Heat could be a key player in disinfecting facial masks.

UGA Professor: Heat Can Be Used To Disinfect Facial Masks

Heat could be a key player in the fight against COVID-19.

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Three workers place a to go order at the Waffle House restaurant on Riverside Drive in Macon on the morning of April 27, 2020, the first day Georgia restrictions on dining in restaurants were eased during the coronavirus crisis.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Kemp Holds Day Of Prayer; Restaurants Reopen Dining Rooms

Gov. Brian Kemp is holding a “Day of Prayer” service at the Capitol Monday as some restaurants begin to allow patrons back into their dining rooms. Kemp...

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From authors to artists and movies to "Mobituaries," the "On Second Thought" archives have a variety of stories to keep you entertained.

Art From The Archives: 5 "On Second Thought" Segments To Revisit

On this week’s return to our archives, On Second Thought is presenting some of our favorite arts and media stories. From movies to “Mobituaries,”...

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Political Rewind: Crucial Primaries Approach As Election Year Continues

Monday on Political Rewind , we discussed the upcoming 2020 elections, and how campaigns are handling the shelter-in-place conditions found across the...

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Tequila's Town is one of many downtown Savannah restaurants staying open for to-go only even as the state allows dining rooms to reopen.

Savannah Restaurants Stick To Take-Out As Restrictions Ease

Georgia restaurants can offer dine-in service again Monday under Gov. Brian Kemp's heavily-criticized plan to ease coronavirus restrictions.

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Desks sit empty in a classroom.

Coronavirus Uncovers Georgia's Rural Education Divide

As schools in Grady County closed temporarily amid the outbreak of the coronavirus in March, Superintendent Kermit Gilliard asked teachers to reach out...

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A woman in the passenger seat of a car is swabbed for a COVID-19 test at a mobile testing site in Oklahoma.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Rural Mobile Testing, $148K For Poison Center After Calls Spike

This week in Georgia brings mobile testing for COVID-19 to more rural parts of the state, the reopening of indoor dining in restaurants and more money...

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What You Need To Know: Could Georgia See A Second Peak?

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s new series What You Need To Know: Coronavirus provides succinct, fact-based information to help you get through the...

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Signage is posted on the inside windown of a Waffle House restaurant, near Kennesaw State, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Norcross-based chain is ready to reopen this week.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Waffle House Readies To Reopen; CDC Adds 6 Symptoms

Georgia continues to move forward with Gov. Brian Kemp's plan to "revive" the economy. That means businesses including barber shops, nail salons and...

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A woman mourns at the site of a mass burial at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

How Deaths From COVID-19 Compare To Georgia Car Crashes, Flu, Overdose

COVID-19 is on track to kill more people in Georgia than drug overdoses or car crashes. The disease caused by the coronavirus has already killed more...

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Since the coronavirus pandemic shut down income sources for already struggling families, Helping Mamas has seen a sharp increase in the demand for childcare supplies.

Childcare Supply Nonprofit, Helping Mamas, Scales Up To Meet Increased Demand During COVID-19

Another cog in the supply chain disrupted by the pandemic: diapers. And as struggling families with young children face more challenges to making ends...

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GPB Midday Headlines For Thursday May 30, 2019

Former Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Admits To Fraud Educators, Administrators Resign Amidst Cheating Scandal MLB All-Star Game At SunTrust Park In...

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