“Obamacare is collapsing,” the Savannah Republican said at Armstrong State University, prompting shouts from the crowd asking him to refer to the 2010 health care law by its formal name, the Affordable Care Act. Read the full article: Savannah Morning News
A bill that would help facilitate needle exchange programs in Georgia took its first step toward passage Tuesday. House Bill 161 is sponsored by state Rep. Betty Price, a physician. She is the wife of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who is also a physician and was until recently a U.S. congressman…
Many of us probably reach for medication. Now, new guidelines from the American College of Physicians say try exercise, yoga or massage first.
The head of Georgia’s university system on Monday spoke publicly for the first time against a bill that would allow guns on college campuses around the state. Read the full article: WABE
A new center on rural health at AU Medical Center has already helped create an affiliation with one rural hospital and is trying to expand the services it can provide through telemedicine to Georgia’s struggling rural providers. Read the full article: Augusta Chronicle
Dozens of South Georgia veterans reported for dental duty Friday as a Valdosta dental practice offered free services for people who served. Read the full article: Valdosta Daily Times
Vicki Hopper was uninsured before she got coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchange in 2014. Right afterward, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I had the best treatment and best care,’’ says Hopper, now 58, of Roswell. “I’m cancer-free now.” The treatment cost roughly $500,000, she says. If she had not had the…
An unseasonably warm Sunday pushed pollen levels in metro Atlanta past 1,200 on Monday — the highest it’s been since March 2016. Read the full article: ajc.com
UGA Miracle set a record with this year’s Dance Marathon, raising $1.3 million for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Read the full article: Athens Banner-Herald
Since 1977, the Partnership Against Domestic Violence has been working to end domestic violence and empower survivors of the crimes. Read the full article: Gwinnett Daily Post