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The state’s injury prevention program is working with community and academic partners to reduce deaths by injury. An Atlanta-based group that helps young people deal with grief has become the first Georgia organization to be recognized with a U.S. Surgeon General's Medallion. Visitors to Savannah may notice a new kind of street sign throughout the city's downtown.
On the Wednesday, Sept. 13 edition of Georgia Today: McIntosh County officials vote to rezone a historic Gullah Geechee settlement on Sapelo Island, raising concerns with citizens; a new study show Georgia residents are unprepared to handle long term health care; and sheriffs in central Georgia try a new way of helping people experiencing a mental health crisis.
New director Dr. Mandy Cohen wants people to know the CDC does more than monitor threats from respiratory viruses.
On the Thursday, Sept. 7 edition of Georgia Today: Another incarcerated man has died at the Fulton County Jail; the CDC has a new boss; and Officials in Macon-Bibb County are shutting down bars an hour earlier in an effort to reduce late-night crime.
On the August 31st edition of Georgia Today: Thousands of South Georgians remain without power, though the coast was left largely unscathed in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia; Governor Brian Kemp addresses Republican criticism of Fulton County DA Fani Willis; And it looks like power bills for many Georgians are going up once again.