Community Action NOW! founder Ifat Walker with James Washington, research administrator at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

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Community Action NOW! founder Ifat Walker with James Washington, research administrator at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

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A new study is underway to track the ongoing health effects of last year’s fire at the BioLab chemical plant in Conyers, east of Atlanta.

The Georgia Department of Public Health is updating its rabies guidelines and staff training. It comes after errors in a response to a positive rabies case last year.

A bill branded as Georgia’s version of DOGE passed the Georgia Senate Monday.