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  • Health

You can order your own blood work now. Interpreting the results is another story

Firms like Function Health and Oura market regular blood tests to people wanting to take their health into their own hands. The process often raises more questions for patients than it can answer.

April 14, 2026
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By:
  • Kate Cunningham
A doctor with long brown hair and glasses shows lab results to a patient wearing a top knot in her white hair. Both women are smiling.

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  • Health

New bill allows internationally trained doctors to meet health care demands in Georgia

Advocates for better health care access in Georgia say the state has taken an important step in attracting more medical professionals.

April 13, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The Labor Department says the vast majority of new jobs created over the last year went to women, most of them in health care.

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  • Business

Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?

Over the past year, the vast majority of new jobs have gone to women. One economist says to help men find work, we need to embrace ways to "make girly jobs appeal to manly men."

April 10, 2026
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Health

How to make a high-deductible health plan and HSA work for you

If you chose a cheaper health plan, you may be stuck with some hefty medical bills until you meet your deductible. Here's how to get the most out of your plan and health savings account.

April 09, 2026
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By:
  • Jackie Fortiér
Birth-control pills are seen on display on a table at a gynaecologist clinic in Paris, France, January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Noemie Olive

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  • Health

Birth control could be available at Georgia pharmacies, but not until next year

House Bill 1138 authorizes pharmacists to dispense and administer birth control pills and injections without a prescription from a doctor.

April 08, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A woman holding a 'I love someone with Sickle Cell Disease' sticker given out by Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia staff.

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  • Health Care

Georgia passes a bill to ensure Medicaid covers sickle cell treatment, informed by real stories

A Georgia bill headed to the governor's desk is aimed at ensuring Medicaid covers the current treatments for sickle cell anemia — after advocates gathered at the state Capitol to push for the bill.

April 06, 2026
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By:
  • Morgan Colbert
Rosa María Carranza attends a protest supporting the temporary protected status program outside the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco on Nov. 18, 2025. Carranza, a resident of neighboring Oakland, worries she could lose her legal status and risk indefinite detention or deportation.

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  • Health

She paid into Medicare for years. Trump's immigration policy will end her coverage

A provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in question.

April 06, 2026
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By:
  • Vanessa G. Sánchez
People gather in front of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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  • Politics

Georgia's abortion restrictions kept women from lifesaving care, their families say

The families of Georgia women who died from abortion-related complications are pleading with lawmakers to change state law.  

March 30, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
a flyer from Georgia Senior Living Association celebrating the passage of SB 439

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  • Health

Georgia could soon be one of the first states protecting people seeking senior living community info

Selecting an appropriate senior living option for a loved one can be a confusing process, especially when it comes to referral agencies. Senate Bill 439 establishes standards so that families understand what options are being presented and when financial interests are involved.

March 25, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health

Federal judge pauses changes made by the CDC's vaccine advisory committee

Georgia physicians say navigating the overhaul of vaccine recommendations has been confusing for them and their patients. 

March 18, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Medicare Advantage Majority has spent more than $3.1 million on hundreds of Facebook ads since September 2024, according to Facebook's Ad Library, a database of the company's online ads. (Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News)

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  • Health

Medicare Advantage 'dark money' group tries to win higher payments for insurers

What appeared to be a surge of grassroots support for higher Medicare Advantage payments was actually driven by a pro-industry group.

March 12, 2026
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By:
  • Fred Schulte,
  • Maia Rosenfeld,
  • and 1 more
Health Sciences Campus Sunrise

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  • Health

UGA School of Medicine sees application influx ahead of fall opening

Only 60 medical students will be admitted in the first year. 

March 11, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Adam Nemer waves hands in the air onstage at the Carter Center Dec. 8, 2025.

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  • Mental Health

Georgia-based employers study mental health parity and employer leverage at Carter Center

The Carter Center is launching its Mental Health Parity & Business series Thursday, March 12, for employers around Georgia.

March 09, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A photo of Julia Melton hugging her grandaughter Janiah-Joy outdoors

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  • Health Care

This yearlong program for grandparents raising children strengthens communities for decades

In Georgia, 93,000 grandparents are raising almost 125,000 grandchildren, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey. In Clayton, Fulton and DeKalb counties alone, almost 16,000 grandparents are raising 26,000 grandchildren.

March 02, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health

Can't get a prescription renewed? Here's how to cope with prior authorizations

These health care hurdles can stand in the way of getting treatment your doctor says you need. Here's what to know about how to deal with them.

February 26, 2026
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By:
  • Sarah Boden
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