COVID-19 cases on Georgia college campuses declining
ATLANTA - New cases of COVID-19 on University System of Georgia campuses started to come down this week after increasing at the beginning of the fall semester. The number of positive tests reported at nine schools – including the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech...
Delivery of monoclonal treatments changed in Georgia
Coronavirus has sickened hundreds of thousands people and killed thousands more in Georgia. (Image: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ATLANTA – The federal government has changed the way COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments are being distributed in the...
Georgia Senate examining growth in university fees
Teresa MacCartney ATLANTA - Ever-increasing fees the University System of Georgia’s (USG) 26 colleges and universities charge students are making it harder to afford a college education in the Peach State, a state senator said Wednesday. The fees even part-time and...
State Democrats fear Texas-style abortion bill in Georgia
ATLANTA - Just over a week before a U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on Georgia’s controversial abortion law, state Democrats said Wednesday they will continue fighting any Republican efforts to curtail reproductive rights in the future. In a virtual press...
Upcoming flu season could be worse than 2020, doctors say
ATLANTA – The president of the Medical Association of Georgia said Wednesday this flu season could be worse than last year’s, and again stressed the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine. “COVID-19 is a respiratory infection, so co-infection can bring a much higher...
Georgia’s 2021 graduating class beats national SAT average
ATLANTA - For the fourth year in a row, Georgia public-school students outperformed their counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT. The mean score of 1077 Georgia students recorded was 39 points higher than the national average for public-school...
McBath updates constituents on legislative priorities
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath ATLANTA - U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath touted her family-friendly agenda Tuesday evening during a telephone town hall with 6th Congressional District residents. McBath, D-Marietta, cited a list of legislative accomplishments, including a bill President...
Justice Department launches probe of conditions in Georgia prisons
ATLANTA - The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday it has opened a statewide investigation into conditions inside Georgia’s prisons. The investigation will examine whether the state provides prisoners reasonable protection from physical harm at the hands of other...