Chelesa Fearce lived in shelters for most of her childhood around the city and wasn’t sure what her future would hold, but now she’s attending one of the best schools in the country. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield warned Thursday that recent protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death could be a “seeding event” for coronavirus infections and urged participants to get tested. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

The Georgia Department of Public Health said that they will be distributing the state’s initial allotment of the drug remdesivir to eight hospitals on Saturday. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

Contact tracing could be key to helping to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Georgia Department of Public Health is testing a new application to streamline the process. Testing on the new contact tracing software is currently under way in three areas of the state. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

Eddie Johnson Jr. died Sunday, and Blanche Johnson passed on Wednesday. “They were struggling. They both developed pneumonia. They both had that cough and could hardly breathe and they talked about the pain,” their daughter said. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

Hundreds of Georgians displayed an incredible show of support for local health care workers on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

The Atlanta-based airline announced Monday that it will be suspending flights between Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport starting on Wednesday, March 11. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

Delta Air Lines said it will suspend all U.S. flights to China due to concerns of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 200 people so far.  Delta announced Friday that flights to the region would be temporarily suspended beginning Feb. 6 through April 30. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com 

With flu season in full swing, the Georgia Department of Public Health says that they’ve experienced the deadliest week of the season yet. State health officials say so far 15 people have died and 505 people have been hospitalized because of the flu virus. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com

James Shepherd, the co-founder of Atlanta’s Shepherd Center who helped lead the not-for-profit hospital to become one of the top rehabilitation hospitals in the nation, has died on Saturday. He was 68 years old. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com