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Georgia group works to address growing mental health crisis among farmers

Georgia group works to address growing mental health crisis among farmers A Georgia organization is looking for ways to address mental health concerns among the state’s farmers. John P. McElveen is the director of the Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance, which was founded in 2022. He told WABE that the general population might not realize the types of stressors farmers are under today. “I do think those outside of agriculture sometimes […]

todayMay 26, 2026 14

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter speaks at the 24th annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum in May 2019 at The Carter Center in Atlanta. The forum, established in 1995, is held each May to address a timely mental health policy issue facing the state.
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Carter Center forum highlights need for earlier mental health care

Carter Center forum highlights need for earlier mental health care The Carter Center hosted its 30th annual Mental Health Forum, continuing the legacy of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. The event is dedicated to advancing mental health policy, systems, and practice across the state of Georgia by bringing together state leaders, experts in the field, and advocates. Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, who helped get the 2008 federal Mental […]

todayMay 22, 2026 10

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Atlanta ovarian cancer support group helps women find hope and community

Atlanta ovarian cancer support group helps women find hope and community An Atlanta support group for women with ovarian cancer has helped women find community across the country. Kim Airhart was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020, and she said she was blindsided. "I went and had a couple different opinions with some different doctors and finally was able to discover the fact that I had, in fact, almost a […]

todayMay 21, 2026 7

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Georgia advocates react as court restores temporary access to abortion pill

Georgia advocates react as court restores temporary access to abortion pill Georgia advocates for reproductive rights responded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday that temporarily restores access to abortion medication by mail. The court halted an appellate court order to block the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be prescribed online and dispensed through the mail. However, the administrative stay is only […]

todayMay 5, 2026 18

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New dashboard tracks mental health insurance gaps in Georgia

New dashboard tracks mental health insurance gaps in Georgia Georgians for a Healthy Future has launched a new centralized dashboard to help Georgians track issues with insurance coverage for mental health care claims.  Under Georgia’s Mental Health Parity Act passed in 2022 and federal parity regulations, Georgia health insurers are required to cover mental health and substance-use conditions at the same rate as physical health conditions.  The dashboard can help […]

todayMay 1, 2026 15

State leaders, agency officials and volunteers assemble 180 opioid overdose reversal kits at a “Stuff the Box” event Tuesday before distributing them to Northwest Georgia public schools.
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Northwest Georgia schools receive Narcan kits in statewide opioid effort

Northwest Georgia schools receive Narcan kits in statewide opioid effort Schools in Northwest Georgia received opioid overdose reversal kits on Tuesday through a statewide initiative by Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD). The department partnered with the Northwest Georgia Regional Education Service Agency to distribute kits to 180 schools. “Moments like this show what’s possible when urgency meets strong partnership,” said DBHDD Commissioner Kevin Tanner, in a […]

todayApril 29, 2026 15

RESOLVE CEO Danielle Melfi slid up to the kitchen table to talk "family-building" rights, post Alabama Supreme Court in vitro ruling.
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Showing RESOLVE: Danielle Melfi’s “at the kitchen table” to talk family planning rights

⁠Danielle Melfi,⁠ new ⁠RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association⁠ CEO, joined Caroline & Debra to discuss the shockwaves Alabama's IVF ruling sent across the country and what it says about the vulnerability of fertility care rights, and what’s at stake right now, still. Melfi is charting a course for that organization's navigation through a critical period in America's chapter on family-building rights. She has successfully advanced policy changes at both the state and […]

todayApril 28, 2026 23

A wide photo of a large smoke plume billowing out from the fire at BioLabs in Conyers, Georgia.
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Georgia high court weighs long-term health monitoring after BioLab fire

Georgia high court weighs long-term health monitoring after BioLab fire The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday related to the 2024 BioLab fire in Conyers. Residents are seeking long-term medical monitoring regardless of whether they currently show symptoms. The fire at the BioLab facility in September 2024 caused more than 17,000 people to evacuate and another 90,000 people to shelter in place. Larry Cox, a vice president of Dan-Kel Concrete […]

todayApril 23, 2026 19

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Georgia sees major drop in ACA enrollment after subsidy cuts

Georgia sees major drop in ACA enrollment after subsidy cuts More than half a million Georgians have dropped health insurance coverage after Affordable Care Act plans faced substantial price hikes with recent changes. An investigation by The Current and The Georgia Recorder shows that 550,000 Georgians have not signed up for Georgia’s healthcare plan. That is a 37% drop in enrollment compared to January 2025. Health insurance policies on Georgia’s […]

todayApril 22, 2026 17