Preventing lead poisoning

Preventing lead poisoning

On the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss new federal support for cleaning up the west Atlanta neighborhood where dangerous levels of lead were discovered in 2019.

A new tick-borne disease

A new tick-borne disease

On the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss a new tick and a new tick-borne disease circulating in Georgia. What to be on the lookout for when you venture outside.

Piedmont getting bigger

Piedmont getting bigger

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss Piedmont Healthcare’s latest expansion into Augusta, and what it means for consumers when hospital systems keep getting bigger.

Medicaid waiver for HIV

Medicaid waiver for HIV

Andy Miller joins GPB’s Lawmakers to discuss a bill that aims to extend Medicaid coverage to uninsured low-income people living with HIV.

Extending Medicaid after childbirth

Extending Medicaid after childbirth

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss a state Senate bill that would extend Medicaid coverage for women after childbirth to a full year.

Covid vaccine for kids under 5

Covid vaccine for kids under 5

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss welcome news for some parents that a vaccine for kids under five years old may be available soon

Omicron’s impact on hospitals

Omicron’s impact on hospitals

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss how this latest wave of hospital admissions driven by the Omicron variant is creating new challenges for already beleaguered hospitals.

Impact of a hospital closure

Impact of a hospital closure

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss how one southwest Georgia community is grappling with the loss of its regional hospital.

Georgia’s insurance waiver

Georgia’s insurance waiver

Andy Miller, a veteran health care journalist and the interim southern bureau editor for Kaiser Health News, tells Rose Scott why Gov. Brian Kemp is in support of doing away with the Affordable Care Act’s enrollment platform, Healthcare.gov, and what this could mean for Georgians.

Testing jail inmates for HIV

Testing jail inmates for HIV

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss a new study that outlines the health and economic benefits of routinely testing jail inmates for HIV.