The advisory board for the state’s public health agency plans to resume its regular public meetings this fall after not holding any since before the COVID-19 pandemic first reached Georgia early last year.

Gov. Brian Kemp added judges and courthouse staff to the list of Georgians currently eligible for vaccination, which includes anyone in a high-risk category such as cancer survivors, people with asthma and those considered obese.

Georgia is in last place among U.S. states in the pace of vaccination. Only Puerto Rico and Micronesia are slower than Georgia at distributing COVID-19 vaccines.

Georgia has passed the 200,000 mark in COVID-19 cases and is close to exceeding 4,000 deaths from the virus.

Wayne County, in southeast Georgia, has the 10th-highest rate among U.S. counties of cases per resident, according to figures reported by the New York Times. That’s been driven by FCI Jesup, a federal prison in the county that has more than 200 COVID-19 cases, including 15 staff members.

A pet dog in Georgia tested positive for the novel coronavirus, state health officials said. The 6-year-old mixed breed dog's owners tested positive for...

Georgians want to know how many people are getting infected with coronavirus, how many are on ventilators in intensive care units and how many are dying...

Emergency rooms across Georgia are seeing more suspected drug overdoses, raising concerns the state is beginning to see an exacerbated epidemic emerge...

Georgia’s coronavirus dashboard has seen a number of data reporting issues in recent weeks, but Gov. Brian Kemp is asking Georgians to be patient with...

A second shipment of the antiviral drug remdesivir is heading to 29 Navicent, Northside, Piedmont and WellStar hospitals, the state health department...

Georgia's COVID-19 data dashboard is an important tool to understand how the virus has spread, but several high-profile errors and choices about how...

With the state of Georgia battling a deadly pandemic, cutting funding for public health is untenable, say members of the Macon-Bibb County Board of...

Though not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the Georgia Department of Public Health is distributing the antiviral medication remdesivir to...

The Georgia Department of Public Health reached its goal of testing 100,000 individuals in 10 days, but the state is still behind on mass testing.

The state health department is encouraging local medical providers to screen for coronavirus. Health officials are coordinating with the Atlanta-based...