As election season heats up, a Georgia group has launched “Educators for Biden-Harris,” a new campaign initiative.
A couple dozen high schoolers from rural counties in southeast Georgia are getting a glimpse into the demanding world of med school. Mercer University's School of Medicine held a workshop for aspiring doctors at its Savannah campus this week, as the institution tries to help fix Georgia's physician shortage.
Last year was the hottest on record and climate scientists say temperatures this year could top that. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Weather Service are pushing out tools released this week to help health care providers on the frontlines limit heat-related injuries.
The map can give researchers clues to understanding tick-borne diseases, while also showing the public where they’re likely to encounter a lone star tick in the state.
A federal judge has found leaders of the Georgia Department of Corrections in contempt of a 2019 agreement GDC made with attorneys for people incarcerated in the state’s most extreme solitary confinement unit.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in congressionally directed spending is making its way down to Macon, where some of that money is helping grow emergency medical services.
New historic markers unveiled in Macon on Monday will serve as the anchor points to a new digital presentation of the city’s Black history.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed five bills that cut taxes into law on Thursday that will save Georgia taxpayers money. Organizers of a cannabis-themed art and music festival this weekend in Macon hope to establish it among the city’s regular rotation of spring and summer events.
Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach shouldn't expect a warm welcome. Tybee Island's city leaders are bringing in dozens of extra police officers and using barricades to block parking lots and residential streets during Orange Crush, a sprawling beach party begun three decades ago.