State Rep. Lehman Franklin and his wife are expecting their first child via IVF this summer. His bill would establish the procedure as a legal right.

The Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust has begun to use much of the state’s portion of the money to attempt to build on recent reductions in deadly overdose rates. Some 128 organizations across the ...

Georgia’s statewide public health conference has been canceled due to uncertainty over federal funding and researchers are ...

Health experts and Georgia Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s planned cuts for the ...

Human trafficking is a major issue in Georgia. The Georgia Department of Public Health wants to make sure more people can ...

Today, the Senate voted to pass SB 39, an expansive bill which aims to strip coverage of medical care for transgender people ...

This week marks the fourth week of the 2025 Georgia legislative session. Several proposed bills that address public health policies are expected to be heard by lawmakers this session.

Public ambulance services and hospitals are owed $75 million from the now-bankrupt Wellpath. Some want the state to reimburse them.

The measure was pushed by state Sen. Blake Tillery, a Vidalia Republican, who repeatedly characterized the bill as only ...

Georgia’s state Senate has passed a bill that would cut off public funding for gender affirming care for adults.

Conservatives' nationwide offensive against transgender care is increasing trying to cut off care for transgender adults, and ...

With new funding, Georgia’s home health program for postpartum mothers is growing, offering life-saving care to those most at ...