Death knocked on his door, but Rick Martin survived. He spent 17 days in the hospital with COVID-19, including five days on a ventilator. “I experienced fear like I never imagined before,” Martin says.

Wednesday on Political Rewind: A member of the Georgia House of Representatives was removed from the floor by a state trooper after refusing to comply with rules requiring legislators to be tested regularly for the coronavirus.

Also, the General Assembly considers an array of issues as the session begins its opening weeks, including the state budget.

Georgia residents age 65 and up can now schedule appointments to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but actually getting one could be a challenge. That may change in the coming weeks as President Joe Biden's administration is working to purchase an additional 200 million doses of the two COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use, with the goal, the White House says, of having enough vaccine supply for nearly the entire U.S. population by the end of the summer.

As drug overdose deaths rise during the pandemic, a former White House economist says social isolation could be partly to blame.

Republican Rep. David Clark (R-Buford) was removed from the House chamber Tuesday for failing to follow rules requiring constant tests for COVID-19.

Southern states have higher rates of unreported COVID-related deaths than other regions of the country, according to a new study.

Six takeaways from discussions at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's Executive Board.

The Georgia NAACP claims in a federal lawsuit that Georgia prison inmates are unreasonably exposed to COVID-19 because the staff does not follow safety protocols and provides inadequate testing and protective equipment for prisoners.

Newly discovered variants of COVID-19 in South Africa and Brazil could make the virus more infectious and may decrease the efficacy of vaccines.

A 56-year-old woman who had traveled to Spain and the Netherlands for work late last year has tested positive for the coronavirus. It's New Zealand's first probable community transmission in months.

Jan. 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the strict lockdown imposed on the first epicenter of COVID-19. Here's what residents have to say about their experience.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, now President Biden's chief medical adviser on COVID-19, says he rejoiced when the new president said that "science and truth" would guide the nation's policies toward the pandemic.

There are N95s, reserved for health workers. There are KN95s, which you can buy easily — except that quality may vary. And now South Korea's KF94 masks are getting a lot of buzz.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former president of Liberia, says much of Africa may be left out until 2022. "We don't have the resources. It's as simple as that," she says.

On Georgia Today, host Steve Fennessy talks with Grady Memorial Hospital physician Kimberly Manning on the roots of distrust amid the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and her personal mission to persuade communities of color to take the vaccine.