This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak.

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak.

Credit: Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, file

The Georgia Department of Public Health says monkeypox cases are slowing and epidemiologists are “cautiously optimistic.”

Presentations from public health officials at a state House subcommittee meeting Tuesday emphasize disproportionate access to preventative care between rural and urban counties.

Funerals for two Cobb County sheriff's deputies killed last week while attempting to serve a warrant are being held today and tomorrow.

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