Saturday, May 25 2013 6:27 PM EDT2013-05-25 22:27:57 GMT
Supporters of a 6-year-old Albany boy battling a serious brain disorder are coming together once more to help with his medical bills. This time, with a Vegas style event. This may seem like a regularMore >>
Supporters of a 6-year-old Albany boy battling a serious brain disorder are coming together once more to help with his medical bills. This time, with a Vegas style event.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 4:52 PM EDT2013-05-25 20:52:02 GMT
A woman is recovering after her SUV was struck by another vehicle, flipping it several times. It happened around 3:15pm Saturday, near the 1500 block of U.S. Highway 19. Officials say John Earley wasMore >>
A woman is recovering after her SUV was struck by another vehicle, flipping it several times.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 7:30 AM EDT2013-05-25 11:30:07 GMT
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, P. E. announced some road closures Thursday morning. Beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, the following streets will be closed for the Spring Fest and SBMore >>
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, announced some road closures beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, in downtown Albany.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:55 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:55:46 GMT
Not going out of town for Memorial Day? Don't worry, the Albany Panthers want to make sure you have a good weekend as they host their first ever beer fest. You can sample more than 20 types of beer SaturdayMore >>
Not going out of town for Memorial Day? Don't worry, the Albany Panthers want to make sure you have a good weekend as they host their first ever beer fest.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:50 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:50:57 GMT
The family of a Miller County woman is mourning tonight after GBI investigators say the 58 year old was murdered by her husband, before he took his own life. Now the family of Barbara Bass is speakingMore >>
The family of a Miller County woman is mourning tonight after GBI investigators say the 58 year old was murdered by her husband, before he took his own life.More >>
January 29, 2003
(Atlanta-AP) -- Alison Han, state influenza surveillance coordinator, says the Georgia Division of Public Health has recorded five more positive flu specimens since the state's first positive case was confirmed in December.
Han said that the department expects increasing flu activity. Georgia updated its flu status from sporadic to regional flu activity on January 18th. Han says reports of flu and higher absenteeism in schools are coming from a number of different counties. The five confirmed flu cases all were in the Atlanta area.
One sample, a type A strain, was submitted from Decatur this month. The state's first confirmed sample was a type A strain found in Decatur last month. Officials say three more type A strains were confirmed in Atlanta this month, and the state's first type B strain was found on January 12th.
The flu is a contagious disease caused by the influenza virus. It attacks the respiratory tract. According to the CDC, most recover in one or two weeks but some can develop life-threatening complications.
The flu kills about 36,000 people each year and about 114,000 end up in the hospital. Health officials stress the importance of flu shots.
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