Since a second viral surge in February, Georgia's hospitalizations for the flu, Covid-19, or respiratory syncytial virus have ...

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.

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 ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is sending out an urgent warning to homeowners. They’re hoping people will clean ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Across Georgia, flu rates are finally dropping, after what Savannah doctors called the busiest flu season in many years. “It’s been more than a decade since we’ve seen the ...

ATLANTA — For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation's top state for chicken production. The state Department of Agriculture ...

Many of Georgia’s most deadly respiratory diseases have declined over the past few weeks, but others like whooping cough appear to still be broadly circulating.