After months of rapid respiratory disease spread and sickness, Georgia and Atlanta cases of COVID-19, flu, or RSV appear to be declining from their respective winter peaks.

Hundreds of rural hospitals around the country are at risk of closing because of financial issues. In Georgia, about 40% of rural hospitals are losing money.

The federal plan includes bio-hazard security money. The USDA tracks bird flu in 50 states now with six outbreaks in Georgia, including two commercial chicken flocks. “Our response is going to be ...

The CDC ranked the state as having a high level of flu cases. Forty-two states—including Georgia—and the District of Columbia are reporting "very high" or "high" levels of influenza-like ...

ATLANTA — No new bird flu cases have been detected in Georgia, the state's agriculture commissioner announced on Tuesday. Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper said Georgia hasn't had any ...

Photo by Gustavo Fring The highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1), more commonly known, as “bird flu,” is now posing a threat to Georgia animal owners. The Guardian reports a new variant of ...

Within 24 hours, the state’s veterinary laboratory confirmed the problem was bird flu. Within two days, the Georgia Department of Agriculture sent an emergency team to kill all infected and ...

Dr. John Drake is Regents’ Professor of Ecology in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia as well as the ...