“There’s a worrisome creep upward so we’re not expounding and having a huge surge, but we’re still seeing way too many hospitalizations,” said Dr. Danny Branstette, the director of medical infection prevention at Wellstar Health System. He added some patients are showing up re-infected with COVID-19 for a second time. Read the full article: 11Alive.com
Vaccination appointments were hard to come by in metro Atlanta, but as of Monday Georgia has more shots than it does people wanting to get vaccinated, so availability is wide open – including at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Read the full article: 11alive.com
Here are some ways you can help those who have been displaced or impacted by the storms. Read the full article: 11alive.com
Rain is moving through metro Atlanta Tuesday, and it is the beginning of an active week. There’s a chance for potential thunderstorms this afternoon, mainly south of I-20. The three-day stretch of the upcoming work week will not just bring the area the potential for several inches of rain, but also the threat of strong to…
As the state nears one year since the first reported COVID-19 case, Georgia hit another grim milestone for the younger population. The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting 100 deaths in the 18-29 age bracket since the pandemic began. Read the full article: 11Alive.com
For allergy sufferers, there is some good news this year during the pandemic. Wearing masks will help with your allergies, cutting down on the pollen that will enter your respiratory system, if worn properly. Read the full article: 11Alive.com
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, and other state officials met with community leaders at Morehouse School of Medicine Wednesday morning to address how the state is working to ensure the COVID-19 vaccine reaches African Americans. Read the full article: 11Alive.com
As Cobb County teachers mourn the loss of three of their peers to COVID in just the past month, the school board is under fire, accused of not doing enough to protect employees from the fast-spreading virus. “We’re absolutely fed up,” Chantae Pittman told 11Alive’s Maura Sirianni. Pittman, a teacher in the Cobb County School…
State health inspectors repeatedly warned a metro-Atlanta nursing home it wasn’t doing enough to protect its residents from infections. Months later, a COVID-19 outbreak hit the facility. So far, nearly two dozen residents are dead, many more have been infected and a Reveal investigation uncovered actions taken by Georgia’s governor early during the pandemic make…
A Georgia state representative says he plans to introduce legislation that would provide more oversight into how jail deaths are handled after an 11Alive investigation looked at multiple deaths that he says exposed a systematic problem. Right now, no state agency in Georgia keeps track of the number of people who die in county jails….