A high number of cancer diagnoses in the Waycross, Georgia area has prompted some residents to ask if the community is going through a cancer cluster.

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A high number of cancer diagnoses in the Waycross, Georgia area has prompted some residents to ask if the community is going through a cancer cluster. / Wikimedia Commons

Something horrible is happening in Waycross, Georgia. Four area children were diagnosed with rare forms of cancer last year. Their cases appeared within a couple months of each other, and now some residents fear Waycross may be at the center of a 'cancer cluster.' We talk more about this with Georgia Health News editor Andy Miller.