There are several challenges on social media luring teens into doing dangerous things.
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Working on Ebola vaccine
Inside a Georgia State University lab in downtown Atlanta, a research team is experimenting with fusion proteins in a bid to develop an Ebola vaccine. Read the full article: GPB
Slow progress at VA hospital
Officials with Atlanta’s VA hospital are cutting wait times for appointments and adding staff, in response to systemwide allegations over the past year that veterans died while waiting for care. Read the full article: GPB
‘Clean Power Plan’ hearings
An estimated 400 people will officially weigh in on the EPA’s proposed “Clean Power Plan” in Atlanta over the next two days. Read the full article: GPB
CDC: Lapses ‘unacceptable’
The head of the CDC went to Capitol Hill to testify about what he called an “unacceptable” series of safety breaches. Read the full article: GPB
Navigators prep for Oct. 1
About 100 people in Georgia are preparing this week for Oct. 1 and the opening of the health insurance exchange. Read the full article: GPB News
Bids for drug database
The Georgia Drug and Narcotics Agency is close to seeking bids for the software to run the prescription drug database system. Read the full article: GPB News
Boosting medical residencies
A Board of Regents committee plans to add 400 new medical residency slots in the state. Read the full article: GPB News
Less monitoring of water
Budget cuts to Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division will mean fewer people monitoring water quality. Read the full article: GPB News