Because the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths are found in the metro Atlanta area, you may assume that’s the most heavily impacted area. Small, rural areas, however, are actually being hit much harder. Towns County is on Georgia’s border with North Carolina. The Georgia Department of Public Health says that 1 in about every…
A local sheriff’s deputy and her husband are among the latest victims to die from COVID-19. According to a GoFundMe account, Lisa and Leroy Johnson died within three days of each other after battling the virus. They leave behind a 15-year-old son and an adult daughter. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Three medical professionals from Georgia are facing dozens of charges in what federal officials call a massive pill mill operation. The indictment released Wednesday details the alleged operation in which “massive quantities” of controlled substances, including highly addictive opioids, were to be distributed in Coffee County. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
A University of Georgia professor abruptly quit in the middle of class after a dispute with a student about wearing a mask, according to the university’s newspaper. The Red & Black reported that Irwin Bernstein, who is an 88-year-old retiree-rehire, resigned on Tuesday. Bernstein was teaching an upper division psychology seminar when a student arrived at a…
Gov. Brian Kemp said that news of the FDA giving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine full approval was a “welcome step in the right direction” in the fight against the virus. The Food and Drug Administration gave full approval to the Pfizer vaccine to fight the coronavirus. The move is drawing praise from both sides of the political aisle. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Gov. Brian Kemp issued a new executive order that will keep businesses from being forced to adhere to mask or vaccine mandates put in place by local jurisdictions. In a news conference at the Capitol, Kemp said that businesses can comply to local ordinances if they want to, but they will not be enforced. Read the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a person from Georgia has died from a rare disease usually found in South Asia: Melioidosis. The new death brings the total number of confirmed cases to four in different states. The cases have included adults and children. Two of the four patients had no known risk factors…
Several metro Atlanta emergency rooms are currently reporting issues with overcrowding and are being forced to turn away patients. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Several metro Atlanta school districts returned to in-person learning last week amid the surge of the Delta variant in Georgia. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Months after two masses were discovered in her brain, Channel 2 Action News Anchor Jovita Moore asked us to share that she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The WSB-TV veteran anchor underwent surgery in April days after doctors discovered the masses. We now know those tumors are a cancer called glioblastoma. Read…