The abrupt cancellation of funds sent state Department of Public Health leaders scrambling to understand the impact and inform contractors, including many community organizations, to stop work immediately.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the amount of respiratory illness causing people to seek health care is low nationwide and in Georgia.
In a Q&A, one of the project’s principal investigators describes the 'devastating' termination of grant funding for research that was nearing completion.
Five years after the Covid pandemic arrived, the narrative that the U.S. should have had fewer virus control measures has gained momentum. Here are six questions for assessing the response.
Flu and RSV are on their way down as winter turns to spring, but wastewater data are showing higher levels of Covid.
Flu cases appear to be decreasing, while RSV and Covid-19 infections may be increasing.
In the U.S. public health system, local and state health departments collect and own the data rather than the federal government. With uncertainties surrounding federal data sharing, this provides a sort of firewall.
State wastewater sites in the metro Atlanta area and eastern Georgia show rising levels of flu and Covid virus over the past two weeks, as does the percentage of emergency department visits for the illnesses.
Other respiratory diseases of concern, like Covid and RSV, also appear to be spreading slower than a few weeks ago.
Navigating and getting care for Long Covid can be overwhelming. However, many New York clinics and hospitals are on the leading edge of understanding and treating it.
Many schools used federal Covid aid on longstanding, costly needs like new curriculum materials and buildings, a federal report says.
Does it feel like everyone around you is sick right now? Number of people with flu is high, and norovirus is surging.
Flu, Covid-19, and RSV hospitalizations are increasing, but have yet to approach last year’s levels.
Respiratory viruses will likely increase over the holidays as many of us expand our social connections. But we have several tools to help keep us from getting sick.
Prices and supply vary at local health departments, which offer low-cost shots for uninsured adults. Here's a guide for finding the vaccines.
RSV cases appear to be declining after reaching high rates in November.
RSV is on the rise and affecting a lot of young children. The good news is that there are now two key ways to protect babies.
Late November saw the highest RSV hospitalization rate in the state since at least fall 2018, CDC data show.
The coronavirus continues to pose a grave threat to the 15,000 certified nursing homes in the United States where some 1.2 million people live. Despite this risk, a CDC report found that just 4 in 10 nursing home residents received an updated Covid vaccine in the winter of 2023-24.
Even though we are seeing low levels of Covid-19, influenza, and RSV, the percent of clinic visits for general fever, cough, or runny nose is similar to last year.