Earlier this month, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that a game scheduled in Puerto Rico next week between the Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates would be relocated to Miami due to player concerns...

Officials with Emory University Hospital in Atlanta report expecting a patient from West Africa with suspected Lassa fever this weekend. The patient’s diagnosis is not yet confirmed. Emory will work...

Just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a significant increase in congenital syphilis in the United States, federal health officials report an alarming trend in primary...

In a follow-up to a report earlier this week, it is with sadness we report that the 6-year-old Leland Shoemake has lost his battle with the rare, amoebic infection, Balamuthia mandrillaris in a Atlanta...

For the past month, 6-year-old Leland Shoemake has been in the battle for his life against a relatively rare, microscopic invader that has landed him in a Georgia hospital. The Pike County child contracted...

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The Georgia Department of Public Health Friday confirmed the state’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of the season. The patient is an adult from Metro Atlanta and has recovered. Most people...

Georgia health officials reported Monday of the state’s first reported case of measles since 2012. The patient is an infant that arrived in Atlanta from outside of the U.S. and is being cared for at...

Dozens of Emory University in Atlanta students have been confirmed positive for the gastrointestinal bug, norovirus, according to a Channel 2 Action News report Monday. Laboratory confirmation was made...

Earlier today, Yahoo News released to their 815,000 followers on their Twitter page what would be the story of the day…if it was true. The super-sensationalized tweet talked of 145 people in Atlanta...

It is now learned that two patients battling Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Africa will both be transported to the Atlanta-based, Emory University Hospital for treatment. The two patients will be transported  by...