Public health workers manage a COVID-19 vaccination event in Cochran, Ga. on Jan. 25, 2021. Grant Blankenship/GPB News The Georgia Department of Public Health will face some cuts to its available ...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- Human trafficking is a major issue in Georgia. The Georgia Department of Public Health wants to make sure more people can recognize the signs. Georgia ranks in the top 10 ...

Georgia public health leaders on Tuesday underscored the gravity of the Texas measles outbreak, and expressed concern over the impact of misinformation from Washington. Three unvaccinated people are ...

Georgia once ranked worse than any other state for maternal mortality but has shown improvements by using both federal and state funds for the research and data collection.

Every child deserves a healthy start—and one of the most effective ways to protect children from serious illness is through on-time vaccination.  The Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health ...

Here are restaurants in Richmond and Columbia counties that posted the lowest recent food-service inspections, followed by ...

Only one restaurant in Richmond and Columbia counties earned lower than a 90 on recent inspection scores. The Georgia ...

Seven Athens restaurants received low health scores, including a Five Points eatery where inspectors 'observed live ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Public Safety opened a new aviation hangar at its headquarters in Atlanta on Tuesday. The modern facility will serve as a base of operations for the DPS ...

A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nation’s top health agency, ...

All recovered. Georgia Department of Public Health workers in a public meeting Tuesday recounted how swift action — in identifying the cases, getting the patients to isolate and then tracing ...