U.S. plans evacuation for Americans on cruise ship in hantavirus outbreak
The MV Hondius is currently traveling to the Canary Islands, where the 147 people on board will be methodically off-boarded and flown home.
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The MV Hondius is currently traveling to the Canary Islands, where the 147 people on board will be methodically off-boarded and flown home.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent deadly hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius.
Injured U.S. military veterans experience the healing power of water and wildlife at the Georgia Aquarium when they swam with manta rays, goliath groupers, and even a whale shark as part of the Wounded Warrior Project.
May 5 is National Silence The Shame Day, and the Atlanta nonprofit organization named for it is marking ten years of impact.
A maker of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to block an appellate court ruling that cut off mail-order access to the drug just a day earlier.
Dunwoody High School was changed forever when a student died of a fentanyl overdose in 2024, but the efforts of one student helped make sure it didn't happen again.
The nonprofit clinic, a safety net for uninsured patients, will shutter due to funding shortfalls, impacting hundreds.
Chief Miles Allen, a longtime firefighter and Air Force veteran, is urging the public to consider living kidney donation as polycystic kidney disease advances — amid data showing Black Americans face higher risks and longer transplant wait times.
Big Bethel AME's Environmental Justice Sunday service ties faith to public health, highlighting pollution, flooding, and heat risks across metro Atlanta.
Conyers' Teal Mobile is an on-the-go retreat experience bringing therapy and wellness to sexual abuse survivors.
The massive Georgia wildfires have sent haze and smoke all the way up to metro Atlanta, and doctors want people to stay safe.
The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case tied to the 2024 BioLab fire in Conyers, where residents are seeking long-term medical monitoring even if they are not currently showing symptoms.
Emily Saliers, one-half of the Atlanta folk duo The Indigo Girls, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with two incurable movement disorders that will forever change the way that she sings.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, kicking off an expected sprint of seven budget hearings he'll attend over the next week.
Bedsores can make what's already a hard stay in the hospital even worse, so researchers at Georgia Tech have created a new fabric designed to stop the painful ulcers in their tracks.
If the Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act is signed into law by Governor Kemp, the Act would mandate the Georgia Department of Community Health to conduct an annual review of all medications, treatments, and services for Medicaid enrollees living with the disease.
Health officials are urging people who bought chicken salad products from a Georgia supermarket to throw them away due to a potential Salmonella contamination.
An Emergency Room Nurse with Emory University Hospital is making an impact on with her YouTube Channel, 'Mini Med School with Nurse Dolly.'
HB 334 heads to Gov. Kemp's desk, aiming to align Medicaid coverage for sickle cell and address disparities impacting Black communities most.
A former Bally Total Fitness that sat empty for nearly two decades has been transformed into a 1,200-seat performing arts venue.
The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.
A new report from the Atlanta Women's Foundation paints a troubling picture of mental health across metro Atlanta, especially for women and young people facing economic and social pressures.
According to the American Cancer Society, 20 percent of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer were 54 years old or younger in 2019. That's up from 11 percent in 1990.
The federal government has not yet replaced the bullet-pocked windows that serve as a grim reminder of an attack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than seven months ago.
The Belgian drugmaker plans to hire hundreds of workers when its Gwinnett County pharmaceutical biologics manufacturing facility gets up and running.
At the Atlanta Hawks Lady Ballers Summer Camp, girls worked on their game and found out basketball can be about much more than scoring points.
From its roots as an original colony to its status as a global hub of commerce and the birthplace of modern civil rights, Georgia has consistently been a state of historic breakthroughs.
After years of giving away food, a Gwinnett County chef's nonprofit has expanded to a farm so that it can supply meals using its own crops.
A Georgia lifeguard's quick thinking helped save a young boy who had wandered into the pool at a popular waterpark.
A ground stop has been issued for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport due to a storm system passing through the metro area.