New Year’s Eve is a time when many people drink alcohol. Even some folks who generally don’t care for alcoholic beverages make an exception on this occasion, raising a toast to the big change on the calendar. But drinking is also an issue of health and safety. Your friends at Georgia Health News remind you…
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Emory University made changes to its sexual misconduct policy, amid a federal investigation concerning the school’s handling of sexual assault cases. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Hundreds tour the new University Hospital McDuffie as the hospital held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration. Read the full article: Augusta Chronicle
More than 180,000 people in Georgia selected plans through the health insurance exchange in the first month of open enrollment, according to a federal report released Tuesday. Of the 187,654 Georgians picking plans for 2015, roughly 55 percent of them, or about 103,000, were signing up for the first time. The rest had previously gotten…
Fifth-grader Shahbin Hossain and his mother, Samsun Hahar, were recently attempting to cross Durham Park Road in DeKalb County. A private utility truck hit both of them. Hahar was killed, while her son suffered serious injuries. Tragedies like this are nothing new in Georgia. One of the state’s most famous people, “Gone With the Wind”…
Authorities are investigating whether a tornado or high winds from a thunderstorm caused a building to collapse at a lumber processing plant. Read the full article: Associated Press
Children with uncontrollable seizures could begin receiving a marijuana oil-derived drug as early as today at Georgia Regents University. Read the full article: Augusta Chronicle
Tanner Health System will receive up to $2.6 million over the next three years through a community improvement grant from HHS. Read the full article: Atlanta Business Chronicle
Since 1991, Vital Care has played a major role in providing emergency services for Coweta County. Read the full article: Newnan Times-Herald