The new case involves a metro Atlanta resident who is related to a person who acquired measles abroad. Neither had been vaccinated.
BioLab plans to stop manufacturing chemicals at its Conyers facility but some residents are concerned about its remaining operations.
Organizers are concerned about access to services like testing and access to preventive drugs after the layoff of health department staff who worked on HIV and sexual health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that every adult get tested at least once in their lifetime as a part of routine health care, but only about a third of Americans do it. Here's how to get it done.
The layoffs “were done without the prior knowledge or approval of the Georgia Department of Public Health,” spokesperson Nancy Nydam said. “DPH is reviewing the actions.”
The person contracted the disease while traveling internationally. State officials are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to measles through contact with this person between May 10 and May 18.
As with many things in Atlanta, the answer involves Coca-Cola — and mosquitoes. Coca-Cola chairman Robert W. Woodruff purchased land in Baker County, Georgia, for quail hunting about 100 years ago.
'The heat risk in one neighborhood is actually dramatically different than the heat risk in another neighborhood, and we have almost no information on that,' said Brian Stone, a professor who runs the Urban Climate Lab at Georgia Tech.
The Together Take Me Home project, based at Emory University in Atlanta, has delivered almost 750,000 free home testing kits to people across the country over the past three years.
Schools, social media, bullying and violence are among the top concerns in the survey.