Over a dozen workers at the Fulton County Board of Health have been terminated, raising concerns about the future of other divisions, as local public health offices feel the squeeze of federal budget cuts.   

Against a backdrop of confusing messaging from the federal government, Georgia officials discussed who should consider getting a booster of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

Over $300 million in grants from the federal government to the Georgia Department of Public Health have been terminated, resulting in a reduction of staff and some services related to infectious disease surveillance. 

While the Georgia Department of Public Health recorded the first influenza deaths of the winter this month, many data indicate that flu and other respiratory illnesses are continuing to decline. 

A partnership between Houston County Schools and the county health department is bringing primary health care closer to where children, and their adults, spend time.

Many Georgians are at risk of losing health care coverage, and advocates say some outreach efforts aren’t reaching vulnerable communities.

Georgia’s new budget provides $1.7 million to the state health department for a pilot program that brings health care to the homes of some expectant mothers and young children.

After a community is affected by an opioid overdose, an expanded program from Georgia’s Department of Public Health will send recovery and harm reduction advocates door-knocking in the neighborhood nearby.

The Georgia Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementias Task Force has since 2014 sought ways to improve dementia research, awareness, training, and supportive care. 

Health care providers hope the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine will appeal to people who haven't recieved any doses of previous vaccine iterations. 

People diagnosed with monkeypox disease shared their experiences Thursday at a town hall meeting hosted by the Fulton County Board of Health and Atlanta Pride.

Men who have sex with men in the metro Atlanta area may be at risk of contracting monkeypox. The Georgia Department of Public Health said Friday there is enough vaccine for 1,500 people.

Since May, when this monkeypox outbreak was discovered, cases have exploded in a short period of time, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health — and are probably undercounted.

Data released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows BA.5 already makes up 65% of all circulating SARS-CoV-2 virus.  

Dr. Harry Heiman, a public health expert at Georgia State University, said Tuesday that there are positive and encouraging trends on COVID in the state, “but we are far from out of the woods.’’