In June, there was just one confirmed case of monkeypox in Georgia. Now the state is seeing well over 700 cases.  

Health care providers hope the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine will appeal to people who haven't recieved any doses of previous vaccine iterations. 

Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has COVID-19. Abrams campaign spokesperson Alex Floyd says Abrams tested positive for the respiratory illness Wednesday morning after giving a public speech on the economy Tuesday night in Atlanta.

With kids across Georgia returning to school, GPB spoke with a pediatrician about how parents can help them get back into the classroom.

A lack of funding in core public health programs slowed the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbated its impact, according to a new report from Trust for America's Health — and the pattern is repeating in the latest monkeypox outbreak.

Biden's physician says the president's symptoms "continue to improve significantly" and that he is now mainly dealing with a sore throat.

With variants increasingly changing and becoming more transmissible, people who remain unvaccinated — even if they already had COVID-19 — are at risk of developing long COVID.

Data released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows BA.5 already makes up 65% of all circulating SARS-CoV-2 virus.  

Compared to last week’s total, cases of COVID-19 in Georgia are up 14%, deaths are up 79%, and ICU admissions are up 69%. Nationwide, cases are high and mitigation efforts such as masking on planes are no longer enforced.

COVID vaccines for kids under age 5 were approved last week in a major development to tackle the pandemic. Health experts are telling parents to contact their pediatricians for a shot. But for many, that’s not an option. 

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended the COVID-19 testing rule for air passengers traveling to the U.S. from abroad. Should you still take a COVID test anyway?

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended the COVID-19 testing rule for air passengers traveling to the U.S. from abroad. Should you still take a COVID test anyway?

COVID cases have increased by about 20% in the last week, and hospitalizations are also up about 17%, but both remain relatively low. 

State and local health departments have put significant financial resources into fighting COVID-19, but so far the federal government has shouldered the cost of free vaccines and therapeutics as well as a now-defunded program to provide health care for uninsured people with the virus. The federal government is also providing free tests.

A COVID-19 vaccine that could soon win federal authorization may offer a boost for the U.S. military: an opportunity to get shots into some of the thousands of service members who have refused the other coronavirus vaccines for religious reasons.