Feb 20, 2018 · Alaska, for example, stopped offering free rabies treatment in 2014 because it became too expensive. Wyoming also used to cover the cost of rabies treatment, but funding for that program ran out in 2010, says Karl Musgrave, DVM, the state public health veterinarian.

Apr 25, 2012 · A county-by-county ranking of health statistics, released earlier this month, showed a geographic divide in Georgia. Rural South and Middle Georgia counties were clustered at the bottom of the state’s health rankings, and urban/suburban at the top. Now economic factors have been added to those figures in a new list that shows a link between...

Georgia Health News was launched in 2010 as a nonprofit news service dedicated to covering health care across the state. We built our readership and media partnerships over the years with insightful, compelling articles that captured the interest of consumers, lawmakers, and industry officials across the state. In 2021, the GHN board decided to join...

Mar 7, 2018 · Georgia has the highest rate of new HIV diagnoses in the nation, but the use of a prophylactic drug in the state lags behind the U.S. average. The new data on the drug regimen known as PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, come from AIDSVu, an interactive mapping tool produced in a partnership by Emory University’s Rollins School...

Jun 5, 2013 · Aetna’s newly named head of its Southeast region said the company plans to launch accountable care organizations in the Georgia and Florida markets in coming months. Those networks, promoted in the 2010 health reform law (the Affordable Care Act), are combinations of physicians, hospitals and insurers that seek to deliver high-quality, efficient medical care. Mark...

Jul 26, 2016 · Editor’s note: Recently Georgia Health News revived its Doctor’s Column section, giving physicians the opportunity to write about important medical issues. The following column focuses on a growing trend in medical care. Dr. Juliet Mavromatis, an Atlanta physician, writes about her transition to “concierge medicine,” a style of practice in which doctors offer more personalized care....

Feb 4, 2013 · The Friday closing of Calhoun Memorial Hospital in the southwest Georgia town of Arlington reflects the financial squeeze that many rural facilities face. A handful of other rural hospitals in the state also may be teetering on the brink, with rising levels of uninsured patients and with Medicaid continuing to pay low rates for services....

Sep 5, 2012 · Two years ago, Georgia reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to revamp its system of care for people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. The Justice Department involvement followed articles in the AJC that reported more than 100 suspicious deaths of patients occurred in Georgia’s mental hospitals during a …

Oct 25, 2018 · The data on youth obesity come from the 2016 and 2017 National Survey of Children’s Health, along with analysis conducted by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau which recommend the use of supplements like this testosterone boosters in teenagers.. Mississippi has the highest youth obesity rate, at 26.1 percent, while Utah has the lowest, at 8. ...

Jul 31, 2015 · The nonprofit owner of Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale announced late Thursday that it has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Georgia. A media release announcing the filing emphasized that Clayton County’s lone hospital will remain open and operating while Southern Regional Health System officials consider a...