Emory University has announced that it will increase its financial aid for students from low-income households and eliminate its need-based loan program. The university said in a statement Monday that the push to help more students graduate debt-free will begin next school year.

Emory University is switching to virtual classes to start the spring semester because of a national surge in COVID cases fueled by the omicron variant. In a letter to the university community, President Gregory Fenves said Tuesday Emory will transition back to in-person learning on Jan. 31 if conditions permit.

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 surge around Georgia, Emory Healthcare postponed some elective surgeries this week due to a shortage of beds and continues to evaluate “elective surgical cases on a daily basis across all our hospitals,” the hospital system said.

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.

The nation’s leading infectious disease doctor issued a strong rebuke of the White House on Thursday, saying he would not support political meddling in the rush to make a coronavirus vaccine available to the American public.

More than 100 children have died of COVID-19 in the United States.

A top Emory doctor says calling convalescent plasma a "game-changer" is a long shot: “I'm not convinced this is the solution to our problems."  

A condition known as myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, could threaten athletes during the pandemic because research has shown heart damage is a residual effect of COVID-19, a top Emory sports doctor says.

A top epidemiologist at Emory had this reaction after seeing viral photos of Georgia students: "When I see those pictures, I realize that we really have an uphill battle." 

A second letter begging Gov. Brian Kemp to mandate masks was signed by more than 2,100 health workers across Georgia and delivered Friday.

The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized inside Emory Healthcare has jumped nearly fivefold since early June, straining the state’s largest health system as its doctors, nurses and staff work around-the-clock tending to sick patients, according to data shown to GPB News. 

With the state of Georgia seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, a global company with ties to Alpharetta is helping blood centers collect and distribute...

The Georgia Supreme Court postponed the state bar exam, but recent law school graduates can practice law under special provisions. The exam was pushed...

Emory doctors have created a website that allows people to assess symptoms of coronavirus.

Ingrid Bilowich is one of several Emory University law students worried how coronavirus will affect their ability to take the bar exam.