Health
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Rising Costs, Political Division Drive Athens Senior Citizens to Polls
Residents at Wesley Woods’ Talmage Terrace retirement community are already casting ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, motivated by concerns ranging from rising living costs to political division. The Athens-Clarke County Library, the closest advance voting location to Beechwood Hills, opened for early voting on Oct. 13. On…
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Mental Health Reform Remains Unfinished As New Governor To Be Elected
As Georgians prepare to elect a new governor on Nov. 3, the future of mental health care looms as a crucial policy question. While Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms have proposed different approaches to healthcare reform during their 2026 midterm campaigns, questions remain about how their plans…
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Two Football Warriors Fighting Opponents, Diabetes During Senior Year
At Oconee County High School, the football team starts practice at 6 a.m. That’s hard enough for any teenager, but it’s an extra challenge for two: Darius Darden and Hatcher Hogan are playing with type 1 diabetes. Darden, now a senior linebacker, was diagnosed in the fourth grade. “I was…
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AthHalf Director Offers Tips, Advice for Half Marathon Runners
Participants preparing for the 2026 AthHalf Half Marathon faced the challenge of balancing their training goals with the intense Georgia heat and humidity. The half marathon is scheduled for Oct. 11. Race organizers faced their own challenge as a storm front is headed to the region, but organizers said Thursday…
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Plasma Donation Rising Among College Students
College student Clint Strickland enjoys going out on the town with his friends — and plasma donations help him pay for it. I make sure I plan ahead just so I could spend money without necessarily spending the money I already have,” Strickland said. Strickland is one of millions of…
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Young Rwandan Aspires to Improve Health Care
Every New Year in the Rwandan capital Kigali, Rugwiro Shema Kevin attends the fireworks show. The roads around the convention center shut down and families fill the streets, gathering to watch the mesmerizing display. Kevin used to join the festivities every year with his parents. Now, he does it…
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Trauma and Tribulation: How Women Journalists Handle Traumatic Topics
In 2007, three years into her job at ABC, Jennifer Duck reported on her first school shooting. Now as a University of Georgia professor, she’s training the next generation of reporters. Duck spent decades covering political unrest, mass shootings and conflict, facing tear gas, arrests and rubber bullets in the…
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Rural Georgians With Disabilities Face Unique Challenges Seeking Long-term Care
Healthcare accessibility in rural Georgia is more than just a premium. For Georgians with disabilities, resources are scarce and the lack of reliable transportation can mean the loss of life-changing care. Some critical barriers for patients include having to travel more than 100 miles to vital resources, such as long-term…
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One Heart Beat at a Time: Disproportionate Impact of Heart Disease on Black Women
Despite being the leading cause of death for Black women in the United States, cardiovascular disease remains widely unrecognized and undiagnosed. This became reality for Karen Hill, a Georgia mother, who woke up in the middle of the night struggling to breathe. What began as shortness of breath, persistent cough,…
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Bridging the Gap: Working Toward Education, Prevention for ACL Injuries
A pop, a crack and instant pain. Selah Ogburn, a junior soccer player at Athens Academy, knew this injury was different, more severe than when she had severed her finger (later surgically reattached). This time, there was no visible damage, only uncertainty and intense pain. Ogburn first tore her ACL…