Health & Science

Two older people stand to the sides of a yellow wooden food pantry. To the left of the pantry is a white woman with gray hair in a braid, a blue shirt, and a visor. To the right of the pantry is a taller white man with a baseball hat, long gray hair and a gray beard, and a blue button up shirt.

Canton nonprofit stocks pantries for families in need

Ana Markosi

A large white alpaca stands in the middle of a room with wooden walls. The doors are open, showing the building surrounded by bamboo. People are performing yoga around the alpaca, lying on mats on the ground, practicing child's pose.

Atlanta alpaca sanctuary hosts unique yoga program

Daniela Vaziri

A Black woman with long black hair, a gray t-shirt, and a pink silk hair scarf stands next to a large yellow truck, filling up the truck tank with gasoline. She is looking off to the right and gesturing with her right hand, which is gloved.

Are truckers finally on the “Highway to Wellness?”

Daniela Vaziri

A young girl with short hair wearing an aqua hoodie sits in a wheelchair and smiles up at the camera. She is holding a Mickey Mouse ice cream bar.

Adventure of a lifetime for Kennesaw girl with chronic illness

Abisola Dahunsi

A smiling woman sits atop a dark brown horse. Two other smiling women stand on the ground on either side of the woman on the horse.

Marietta woman advocates for disabled rights after sudden accident

Emily West

scene shot from above inside a jail cell with at least five female inmates

Investigation: The battle against COVID-19 in Georgia’s jails

Jeremy Redmon, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fresh Take Georgia staff

a white family of five stands in wheat field in warm clothes during fall

Remembering lives lost during the coronavirus pandemic

Jeremy Redmon, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fresh Take Georgia staff

Georgia lawmakers push for suicide prevention efforts in schools

Taylor Reimann

Mental health counselor Jacob Dreiling says he has noticed more students having suicidal thoughts. Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor said she wants to mandate suicide screenings at the beginning of each academic year for all public school students ages 8 through 18.

First responders no mental health compensation: Wind shields on Atlanta police motorcycles parked closely in a row

First responders’ mental injuries to remain uncompensable

Ace Anderson

Undergoing a “two year process,” a bill to compensate public safety officials’ standalone mental injuries will not pass this year.

white bald man speaking with glasses on in front of another man standing behind the podium.

Georgia Senate: Require in-person exams for abortion pills

Jeff Amy, Associated Press

A new Senate bill will limit access to abortion pills for women in Georgia, requiring in-person exams before a prescription.

Multiple colored masks hanging up on along a coat hanger.

Georgia Senate seeks to let parents nix masks through 2027

Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Georgia senators passed SB 514, which would allow parents to opt their child out of school mask mandates through June of 2027.

White woman teacher sanitizes her students hand while wearing a mask

Educators worry the COVID-19 pandemic politicized schools

Madeline Hipp

A panel of educators, journalists and lawyers discuss the state of Georgia's public schools over the last two years.

man with dark brown hair holding an emergency contraceptive box.

Want to limit medical abortion? Then expand access to emergency contraception, experts say

Ellen Eldridge, GPB News

Experts say all emergency contraception and birth control should be offered to all women, if medical abortions are limited.

Two people holding hands in front of window

Advance directives for mental health could give those in crisis more options

Ambria Burton

The Georgia Psychiatric Advance Directive Act has a plan to further help those struggling with mental health disorders.

White man with gray hair in a blue tie speaking in a meeting

Cityhood takes over the session this week, the Mental Health Parity Act is filed, Kemp’s Medicaid expansion and more

FTG Podcast Team

Season 2 Episode 3 — Jan. 28, 2022 This week on the Gold Dome Debrief, we look into the session's focus on cityhood, including the Buckhead city movement. House Speaker David Ralston introduced the Mental Health...