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Georgia Fails Another Preterm Birth Rate Report Georgia received an F grade for its preterm birth rate in the March of Dimes’ 2025 Report Card, placing the state among the lowest-ranked in the country for maternal and infant health. The report, released on World Prematurity Day, shows Georgia’s preterm birth rate held at 11.8% in 2024, the same as the previous year. Preterm birth — delivery before 37 weeks of […]
South and Southwest Georgia Experience Highest Infant Mortality Rates, Report Finds Infant mortality rates vary sharply across Georgia, with the highest death rates concentrated in rural and southern regions, according to the 2025 State of the State Report from the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia (HMHBGA). HMHBGA mapping shows that Georgia’s Southwest (Albany), West Central (Columbus) and South Central (Dublin) public health districts recorded the highest infant mortality […]
‘It would really be detrimental’: GA hemp businesses worry about new federal THC cap Frogtown Hemp is an old, family farm in Dahlonega, Georgia, that dates back to 1896. Due to the recent funding bill that passed through Congress, it might all be in jeopardy. The legislation that ended the federal government shutdown included a provision that limits hemp products to 0.4 milligrams of THC per package. A typical hemp […]
Georgia advocates warn of rising tobacco risks after CDC closes smoking and health office The Great American Smokeout, an annual event to encourage people to quit smoking, starts Thursday, and Georgia organizations said their work is more important than ever. The Office of Smoking and Health was recently dismantled at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, causing the end of the nation's leading public health authority on tobacco research […]
Environmental Concerns Rise as Georgia Data Centers Multiply As Georgia becomes one of the nation’s fastest-growing data center hubs, communities and environmental groups warn of mounting risks to water supplies, wildlife habitat and the electric grid. In rural Twiggs County, residents are fighting a proposed data center complex they say could overwhelm limited water resources and reshape the local landscape. Nancy Lubeck told Georgia News Connection that county leaders have […]
Sen. Ossoff seeks answers on potential cuts to care at Fort Gordon medical center U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff announced Thursday, Nov. 13, that he has launched an inquiry into reports of reduced services at a Fort Gordon facility. Ossoff sent a letter to Dr. David Smith, the acting director of the Defense Health Agency, requesting information regarding reports over plans to reduce services at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center […]
Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 U.S. states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that is being recalled.
A hospital in rural Georgia closed one of its units Monday, and Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff referred to the news as a real-world consequence of cuts to Medicaid. “This is what happens when you gut the Medicaid program,” Ossoff told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It defunds hospitals and nursing homes, and now, when pregnant women in northeast Georgia go into labor, they may have to drive an hour or an […]
The Department of Public Safety said officers found Kneeland's vehicle abandoned after a crash, then found his body nearby.
From CBS News
