When germs learn to defeat drugs meant to kill them, infections are hard if not impossible to treat.
Scientists say finding the MCR-9 gene in the first sample tested in Georgia sewer water means research, health care and government agencies should seek solutions now to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Athens, Ga., is preparing for a parade this weekend to honor the University of Georgia Bulldogs. The team’s big win Jan. 10 against Alabama’s Crimson Tide handed the Bulldogs their first national title since 1981. Hear how the Bulldogs made Georgia football history.
Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, vanquishing rival Alabama 33-18 to win the Bulldogs' first college football title since the 1980 season.
The Georgia Bulldogs play the Alabama Crimson Tide in the NCAA college football championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday at 8 p.m. GPB's Jon Nelson interviewed sports anchor Cody Chaffins and Claire Simms, WAGA-TV reporter, ahead of the game.
Georgia’s economy will bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic next year, despite inflation and the latest COVID-19 variant, the dean of the business school at the University of Georgia predicted Monday.
This year’s statewide campaign phrase for the United Campus Workers of Georgia is “Stop the Spread.” It’s part of the group's mission to address the University System of Georgia’s relaxed COVID-19 policies — and members at Georgia State University held a protest Monday.
Thursday on Political Rewind: As the Peach State seeks a new permanent chancellor for its public universities and colleges, leaders of North Carolina's public university system found themselves embroiled in a national debate over race, journalism and academic freedom. In Georgia, former Gov. Sonny Perdue seeks the top position in the state's university system.
Former residents of the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a kind of reparations for the erasure of the neighborhood in the urban renewal period.
Facing an uproar from students, professors and alum, the University of Georgia on Thursday reversed course and announced it would allow in-person early voting on campus for the upcoming election.
Georgia Southern University’s Dr. Isaac Chun-Hai Fung stays away from campus these days unless he has a class to teach, and he’s not the only one avoiding the Statesboro school’s grounds when he can.
“There are certainly fewer students on campus compared to last year at this time, compared to the pre-pandemic situation,” said Fung, associate professor of epidemiology at the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern. “The number of students is certainly significantly lower.”
