Preventable diseases like maternal death, infant deaths and HIV rates are killing a disproportionate amount of Black Georgians. Public health leaders are working to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes in Black and brown communities across the state.
The landslide win raises hopes for a constructive city council. With all precincts reporting and all votes counted, Johnson won 77.3% of the 21,696 votes cast.
The most popular brands of e-cigarettes among underage smokers are illegal disposables, specifically Elf Bar/EB Designs (56.7%) and Esco Bars (21.6%), according to this year's National Youth Tobacco Survey.
Hundreds of children likely have been sex trafficked while in Georgia’s foster care system, according to the latest testimony in an ongoing U-S Senate investigation.
Last week a judge struck down a plan by the Fulton County Sheriff’s office to send inmates to other states to relieve overcrowding in the Fulton County Jail. But advocates for the recently incarcerated say they have better solutions.
Shields spoke last week at an Atlanta Women’s Foundation luncheon and fundraiser about the importance of empowering women, supporting their education and mental health.
Four million dollars from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help agencies in Georgia tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes in Atlanta, coastal and central Georgia cities.
The number of teenagers using tobacco products is going down and the Food and Drug Administration is calling it a win. Most of the declines are among e-cigarette users.
Environmentalists are preparing to push back against a request to state regulators from Georgia Power for a massive, mostly fossil fuel powered increase in electricity generation.
A panel of state Senators held their first hearing Thursday to investigate issues plaguing the Fulton County Jail.
The Secretary of State's office is pushing back against questions from some Republican lawmakers about the timing of a software upgrade to Georgia's voting system.
The Atlanta Mayors office has released designs for semi-permanent housing in downtown.