A 42-year-old Marietta mother left her 10-year-old Autistic son in their house littered with feces, drugs, syringes and weapons under the care of a 19-year-old “family friend,” police say. Jennifer Dawn Barnes traveled to Indiana on Oct. 3 without telling anyone when she’d be back and returned to Marietta... Read more

Surgeon General Jerome Adams commended the Macon community for developing partnerships that have been successful in addressing the opioid issue. He encouraged different groups to continue working together, saying the tragedy of the epidemic could be turned into an opportunity. Read the full article: Macon Telegraph Read more

Kelly Papesh, a nurse practitioner at the Cleveland Clinic, visited the Newnan Parkinson’s Support Group to talk about medication for the disease and “on” and “off” states. An off-state is the period when the effects of the medication gradually diminish or stop working. An on-state is when the effects of... Read more

Three years have passed, but Judith Kaufman still can’t get beyond what befell her 97-year-old mother at a Dunwoody assisted living facility’s weekly church outing. Read the full article: ajc.com Read more

A Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta nurse has retired after 50 years. The hospital posted a heartfelt message to Mildred, a nurse they consider nothing less than a “legend.” Read the full article: 11alive.com  Read more