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Emory has come up with a test that shows the immune system has fought off COVID-19, known as coronavirus antibodies.

Emory Develops Diagnostic Antibody Blood Test To Determine Antibody-Responses To COVID-19

Emory has come up with a test that looks for signs the body's immune system has fought off coronavirus, known as coronavirus antibodies.

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Online retailer Amazon is hiring 75,000 workers to handle increased demand from the coronavirus pandemic.

Growing Demand: Amazon To Hire 75,000 More Workers

Online retailer Amazon is hiring 75,000 people to handle increased demand from the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 1,500 of those jobs will be in Georgia....

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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...

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Neighborhood hangout 97 Estoria in Cabbagetown. Many bars and restaurants across the state have temporarily closed or had to drastically adapt their business to follow public health guidelines.

Restaurants Adapt, Struggle Across State

The first job David Parham ever had was as a busboy at a restaurant in Georgia. After working several jobs in the food industry, the Roswell native now...

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What You Need To Know: Dealing with Substance Abuse While Self Isolating

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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Son Preston Wysocki (left) and mother Heather Wysocki visit the grave of brothers/son Austin Hart and Dustin Hart Saturday, March 14, 2020.

Social Distancing Means People Who Need People Have A Tough Time Staying Sober

Staying home while sick is exactly what gets addicts into trouble. The illness is addiction, and the cure for many recovering from drug and alcohol...

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A 200 bed hospital is under construction in part of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Overflow Hospital Beds Constructed Ahead Of Expected Peak

The state is making additional hospital beds available across the state to handle the potential overflow from over-capacity hospitals as officials still...

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What You Need To Know: Nurse Is 'Georgia Strong' While Treating NY Patients

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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Storefronts might be closed due to COVID-19 but online help is available through Newtown Macon and the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center.

Need Help For A Small Business? COVID-19 Relief Coaching Available

During these days of COVID-19 uncertainty, small business owners are not alone. Shelter in place guidelines prevent coming together to seek help getting...

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Navicent Vice President of Clinical Support Michael Hajworonsky stands in front of an Angel Flight Soars airplane. The charity's flight service has cut the hospital's coronavirus testing transport time in half.

Hospital Partners With Private Airplane Charity To Expedite Coronavirus Testing

Central Georgia hospital network Navicent Health searched for a way to cut back on processing time for COVID-19 testing kits. The solution? Private...

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The ACE Cash Express store on H Street NE in Washington as seen on Sunday morning, March 29, 2020.

Relief Money Is Coming - For Some. Here's What To Know

Americans should begin to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts this week. The IRS tweeted Saturday that it had begun...

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Criticism grows of several large medical systems, nursing homes and state agencies in Georgia of their transparency over information related to how they are handling COVID-19.

Political Rewind: Is There Enough Transparency From Hospitals, State?

Today on Political Rewind , reports that medical facilities are not releasing enough information on coronavirus. What information is missing, and what...

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Gov. Brian Kemp speaks about the COVID-19 virus during a news conference at the Georgia state Capitol on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Atlanta.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Worker In Kemp's Mansion Tests Positive

More than 12,500 Georgians have the coronavirus of which 20% are hospitalized and 442 people in the state have died, the state Department of Public...

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Georgia World Congress Center To Be Used As Temporary Hospital For COVID-19 Patients

The Georgia World Congress Center is becoming an alternate hospital as more people in the state become sick with COVID-19. The state expects the number...

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Pope Francis spreads incense at the start of Easter Sunday Mass, inside an empty St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 12, 2020.

Pope Urges Solidarity On An Easter Of Both Joy, Virus Sorrow

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as...

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  • Associated Press