A child injured by a falling limb five years ago has been admitted into Children’s Hospital of Atlanta with an unknown illness after falling ill while vacationing in Charlotte over the weekend. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
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Cold blast to ring in the New Year
The coldest air of the season is going to stick around for the next several days. Temperatures will be near or below freezing New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
After 10 years, Georgia woman gets help for ‘mystery cough’
More than a decade ago, Jane Beacham began coughing and clearing her throat, constantly. “It was embarrassing,” she says. Read the full article: fox5atlanta
Icy conditions in metro Atlanta
Icy conditions, dangerous travel, gusty winds, and very low wind chill values are what parts of metro Atlanta are dealing with Saturday morning. Read the full article: Fox5Atlanta
Frightening new drug surfaces in Atlanta
A frightening new ingredient in heroin, known as carfentanil. “is definitely a very scary drug,” says Deneen Kilcrease, who manages the chemistry section of the GBI Crime Lab. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
Police detective who received kidney now helps others
Raleigh Callaway is back on the job with the Greensboro police, and feeling like a new man after receiving a kidney transplant. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
Music therapy helps Georgia girl with brain injury
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta music therapist Cori Synder is using music to draw Briana Lawson out, and reawaken her injured brain. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
Patient, surgeon reunite in OR
A special reunion recently took place at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta between a patient and the man who saved his life. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
Walk and Roll to school
Because all Carrollton City Schools are on the same property, which borders a green belt, the community has launched a citywide “Walk and Roll” initiative. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
Battle against ovarian cancer
Last year, within months of each other, two Atlanta chorus members were diagnosed with stage three, or advanced, ovarian cancer. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com