The Biden administration has followed through on its threat to suspend Georgia’s plan to bypass healthcare.gov, blocking the state’s alternative program from going live as planned this November. This means healthcare.gov will still be available to Georgians this fall.
Georgia’s sex education rules, part of the state board of education’s overall health and physical education policy, require schools to teach AIDS prevention and abstinence, but many other specifics — such as who will teach it, when and how — are left up to the discretion of each of the state’s 181 school districts.
You've arrived at the Aug. 2, 2022, online edition of the Georgia Today newsletter, a twice-weekly publication featuring original stories from GPB News reporters and the latest headlines from around the state.
Vaccine providers in Georgia respond to the newly CDC endorsed COVID vaccine, Novavax.
A judge said Tuesday that former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani must appear in Atlanta in person to testify before a special grand jury in Fulton County.
Partners across behavioral health systems in Georgia say they want to build on the recently passed Mental Health and Parity Act.
Concern is growing around the metro Atlanta area as monkeypox cases continue to climb. Georgia has 625 confirmed cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: After the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, it's still unclear if findings could affect the Fulton County probe. Plus, the three men who murdered #AhmaudArbery will serve their time in state prison. And we'll take a look at where monkeypox cases stand across the state.
Researchers across Georgia are trying to address mental health in the agriculture community, but the stigma associated with the topic is a major obstacle.