Maternal Mortality

In the state, Black women are at least three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes. The county's initiatives aimed at reducing racial disparities work but depend on federal dollars — money that might not flow amid budget cuts and a push to end DEI programs.

Here are the decisions Georgia lawmakers made on public health bills ahead of a crucial legislative deadline.

The state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because 'confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.'

“Immigration is a social determinant of health,” according to the new State of the Latino Community report.