The nine-member board, which oversees and sets general policy for the Georgia Department of Public Health and its $800 million-plus annual budget, has met just three times this year.

Public health officials insist the air, fouled by burning “chlorines, chloramine and chlorine compounds,” is safe to breathe but have released few details.

Supplies of the low-cost shots fluctuate daily and some county health departments still don't have any.

A Morehouse School of Medicine researcher has persuaded the health system to urge a simple blood test and earlier screening.

Seven cases have been identified in Georgia this year. Avoiding mosquito bites is the best defense.

Numbers don't give the whole picture. Photovoice fills in the gaps with faces and voices of everyday people in East Point.

Although public health officials recommend the newly approved Covid vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, it may make more sense to wait until closer to the holiday season.

A government program that provided the vaccines for free is ending this month. State and local health departments won't be able to bridge the gap.

The increase in hospitalizations and deaths is frustrating to public health experts, who say severe outcomes are largely preventable with vaccination. New shots should be available in days.

I'm Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat's reporter in Atlanta, a place that inspired me to travel the world, work in public health, and come home again.