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The new Emory Nursing Learning Center in downtown Decatur is a $20.6 million, 70,000-square-foot expansion featuring state-of-the-art simulation and professional development space that will enable students to be the next generation of nurse leaders.  

Georgians are using the new national mental health crisis line 988.  According to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities in the first 45 days, 476 calls resulted in rescues of people whose lives were believed to be in danger.

Dr. Carlos del Rio with Emory University School of Medicine says last year’s booster has been replaced by the new bivalent one, and that people can expect an annual COVID vaccine similar to how the influenza vaccine is updated yearly.  

Dr. Carlos del Rio with Emory University School of Medicine says last year’s booster has been replaced by the new bivalent one, and that people can expect an annual COVID vaccine similar to how the influenza vaccine is updated yearly.  

The Georgia Today newsletter is a twice-weekly newsletter featuring original stories from GPB News reporters and the latest headlines from around the state. 

In June, there was just one confirmed case of monkeypox in Georgia. Now the state is seeing well over 700 cases.  

The Georgia Today newsletter is a twice-weekly newsletter featuring original stories from GPB News reporters and the latest headlines from around the state. 

Calls to 988 will be answered by counselors trained in suicide prevention. Georgia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities says the state has invested about $20.5 million in 988 related expenditures over the past 20 months.

Sometimes the universe conspires to put people in the same place at the same time. 

The Fulton County Jail is called Georgia’s largest de facto mental health facility because of the high prevalence of mentally ill detainees. Often, they have no place else to go until a crime is committed.