On Second Thought

The Anne E. Casey Foundation recently designated Georgia as the 42nd worst state in the country for kids. This ranking included economic factors, health and wellness and community. Although Georgia has improved in several areas, there is much more the state can do to make conditions better for its children. We talk with Georgia Health News editor Andy Miller and Laura Speer from the Anne E. Casey Foundation about the ranking and what's holding Georgia’s children back. You can take a look at the

Few journalists ever want to find themselves in the headlines, but that’s exactly what happened a few weeks ago when a North Georgia newspaper publisher was jailed after he filed an open records request. He has since been released, all charges dropped, but the case is still attracting national attention, and raises very serious First Amendment issues. GPB’s Sean Powers reports. Listen back to our 2015 series by GPB's Sean Powers on the Fannin Focus, and the role of small-town investigative

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta needs volunteers. The waitlist has more than 600 kids who want and need mentors. Bianca Hughes first met Alexis Smith when she was 12 and has been a Big Sister to her for more than five years. The pair paid a recent visit to our studio to look back at how their relationship has grown since that first meeting. You can learn more about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta and how to become a mentor here.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been under the leadership of Dr. Tom Frieden since 2009. The CDC director has a long history as an...

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has made countless appearances on the big and small screen from the 1995 thriller “Outbreak” to an...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been under the leadership of Dr. Tom Frieden since 2009. The CDC director has a long history as an advocate for public health. He speaks with us about his agency’s work researching some of the latest global concerns including the Zika virus, ebola, HIV/AIDS, mental health and gun violence.

How does fear play into our understanding and awareness of CDC research? We take a walk back through moments of collective fear in history from atomic bombs to deadly diseases with Terry Pechacek, a professor of health management and policy at Georgia State University. Plus, we discuss one of the biggest contemporary threats to public health: antibiotic resistance. David Weiss of Emory University’s Vaccine Center explains what that is and why it’s a top concern for today’s health researchers.

Public health pandemics have captured all of our imaginations at one time or another. We take a look at some of the most persistent theories about...

One in four adults in the U.S. deals with a mental health disorder each year and the National Alliance on Mental Health reports that more than half of...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was created in Atlanta to fight malaria and other deadly illnesses around the world. The agency...