In 2023, Georgia reported 71,294 cases compared to 2022′s 72,662 cases, while the U.S. overall had 1,648,568 cases in 2023, a ...

There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to provisional CDC released on ...

A state panel on Thursday recommended issuing more than $44 million in grants for scores of addiction prevention and treatment efforts aimed at reducing opioid overdoses.

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels.

Georgia continues to see a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, despite a drop in case numbers nationally, according to the CDC ...

Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The restaurant location in Pooler has come under fire after a Veterans Day incident went viral, sparking calls for the ...

Whooping cough and walking pneumonia have been added to this group of infections this year as the Centers for Disease Control ...

The opaque plumes of noxious smoke billowing out of a Georgia chemical plant are long gone. But the relentless effects of the BioLab fire in Conyers are still visible, residents say – from exacerbated ...

“ Our understanding of and appreciation for doulas is finally approaching critical mass or, rather, getting the attention needed to place doulas firmly on the front lines of the birth care team,” said ...

Georgia is expecting a “typical” respiratory virus season for Covid, flu, and RSV, the state public health department has ...

The CDC calls the practice of adding fluoride to tap water systems one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the ...