The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination.
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine is no longer being administered in Georgia for the time being. This comes after the CDC and FDA reported six women experiencing severe blood clots after the vaccine.
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock announced that $143 million is on the way to Georgia’s critical healthcare centers to help communities out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mental Health has been an ongoing topic throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Clinical Psychologist at the Renaissance Center in Albany said she saw a rise in anxiety and depression.
The Medical Reserve Corps is community-based unit that helps organize and use volunteers who want to respond to emergencies and promote healthy living throughout the year.
"We have plenty of vaccine supply and available appointments, and we want to get more shots in arms,” Scott Steiner, Phoebe Putney Health System CEO and president.
Phoebe Putney Health System staff said they didn’t see a large increase in requests for the COVID-19 vaccine during the first day Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s order to expand vaccinations to anyone 16 and older went into effect.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp urged all of Georgia to get the COVID-19 vaccine, especially rural Georgians, during a ribbon-cutting for Phoebe Putney Health System’s two new $1 million dollar mobile wellness clinics in Albany Wednesday.
With COVID-19 Vaccine eligibility opening up for everyone 16 and older in the state, city of Valdosta officials say they’re on a mission to encourage everyone to get the shot.
Starting Monday, the South Health District will begin offering rapid COVID-19 testing as a clinical appointment, according to a press release from the district.
COVID-19 has been affecting many different health care fields. Dental Director with Albany-Area Primary Health Care Dr. LaBendra Shootes-Miller said it’s been extremely alarming for those in the dentistry field.
An Arizona man has been arrested after he cut off and held at gunpoint a caravan of National Guardsmen transporting COVID-19 vaccines to Matador, Texas around 7 a.m. this morning, according to Idalou Police.
This week is spring break for Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW), but for Emily Frey, a nursing student, she spent her spring break giving people a COVID-19 vaccine shot.
Residents in Miller, Mitchell and Worth counties can visit the Georgia Department of Public Health’s online vaccine scheduling system, called Vaccine Registration and Administration Solution (VRAS) system.