Health
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Getting Happier with Horticulture: The Healthy Benefits of Gardening
From planting gardens to baking bread, the COVID-19 lockdown took some interesting turns in the name of boredom. Now, not only are plants continuing to flourish from our nation’s new interest in gardening, people have also begun witnessing the positive changes horticulture has to offer for mental health. According…
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The Yelp of Covid: Vigilantes Crowdsource Pandemic Safety Tips for Consumers
This article originally appeared in KHN on Oct. 21, 2021. Melissa Lee had more to deal with than funeral planning when her husband, Dan Williams, died by suicide in January. She also was faced with continuing his 1,400-member Facebook group, “Athens, GA Mask Grades 2.0,” designed to help residents of…
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Reign Streiter: Man On The Billboards Gives Back
When he got into real estate sales in the 2000s, Streiter used sports radio and full-page newspaper ads to attract customers, he said. Then, he devised a method to get discount prices on billboards by allowing the billboard company to randomly place his advertisements on billboards that were temporarily empty. …
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New Study Shows Increase In Childhood Obesity During COVID-19
There has been an increase in childhood obesity since the start of the pandemic, which is a high risk factor for COVID-19, according to a recent study from the National Center for Biotechnology Information. With the addition of the virtual learning environment to the lives of many students this year, students…
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Did The Pandemic Pander To The Healthcare Industry?
When COVID-19 settled over the U.S. like a miasma early last year, the economy took a heavy hit as businesses closed their doors and people sheltered in place. The necessity of the health care industry may have saved it from the same blows. Health care providers are among the top…
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Pandemic Social Media Use Heightens Eating Disorders
At the start of quarantine, University of Georgia junior Kathryn Santos felt lonely and discouraged. Like many other college students, life as she once knew was flipped upside down as classes went virtual, residential student living closed and isolation went into full effect. With more alone time came more opportunities…
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FARM Rx Strives To Cure Illnesses With Fresh Food
Food As Real Medicine Rx (FARM Rx) is a program at the Athens Farmers Market dedicated to helping those in the underserved communities of Athens by providing fresh produce and classes to creating a healthier lifestyle. Through partnerships with other local efforts and healthcare providers, FARM Rx is able…
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Local Organizations Use Social Marketing Campaign to Inform About COVID-19
Three local organizations teamed up to provide a social marketing campaign for COVID-19 in Northeast Georgia to increase safety awareness about the virus and the number of residents who are vaccinated. The graphics from the campaign have been widely spread, ranging from different social media platforms to billboards. The organizations…
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Georgia Renewable Power’s Permit Challenged in Madison County
Gina Ward is a mother, an elementary school special education paraprofessional and a Madison County resident. She’s also the co-chair of the Madison County Clean Power Coalition. Ward is one member working to deter Georgia Renewable Power plant’s permit request. GRP has applied for a permit that would allow the…
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‘More Than A Funk’: How Social Isolation Impacts UGA Students’ Mental Health
Samantha King, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, said the past year has felt like the movie “Groundhog Day.” She gets out of bed, does her schoolwork, eats, goes to bed, and does it all over again the next day. King realized the repetitive lifestyle she experienced as…