Health

Research shows that Georgia is expected to have the second-highest estimated nursing shortage in the nation by 2035.

According to the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, Georgia is ranked among the top states in the nation for the number of murder-suicide incidents.

“I had figured out very early on that I could either feel sorry for myself, feel sorry for her, or I could look to it as we’re here, we’ve made it, we’ve survived and everyday she fights, I’ll fight behind her,” says Alexandria Hicks, mother of 5 month old, Esther Grace Ann Hicks.

Calhoun County wants to make incremental improvements year after year, and they want the community’s feedback.

The National Cancer Institute found that the average age most women get a mammogram is between 50 and 74.

World Lupus Day is May 10 and the whole month of May is Lupus Awareness Month.

Almost one-third of the nursing workforce could be retiring in the next decade, according to the National Institute of Health.

The U.S. approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, too.

Mental health counseling is one approach to prevention, but barriers to mental health access present a challenge.

PCOM South Georgia’s mission is to provide medical care in underserved rural areas.