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Adriane Casalotti, with the National Association of County and City Health Officials, says the Biden administrations promise to pump more than $7 billion into the nation's public health system could h...

Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says the $1.9 trillion plan could mean lots of aid for Georgians, but isn't likely to garner bipartisan support.See omnystu...

Dr. Paulina Rebolledo, from Emory University, says there are a number of reasons members of the Latinx community are more likely to become severely ill from COVID-19 and many of them are structural.Se...

Yamil Berard, an investigative reporter with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says dealing with the coronavirus has pushed many rural hospitals in Georgia to the brink and has forced some to close th...

Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, says it's time for the U.S. leaders to rethink how they're handling the COVID-19 outbreak, especially as there's sti...

Steve Whatley, chairman of the Randolph County Hospital Authority, says Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center couldn't weather COVID-19 after years of financial turmoil. That's why the small hospi...

Tom Smith, an economist at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, says it could take months or years before the U.S economy recovers from the damage caused by the coronavirus.See omnystudio.com/...

Road races – from local 5Ks to some of the largest marathons in the world – have been either postponed or canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Rich Kenah from the Atlanta Track Club...

Emma Hurt, who covers the state legislature for WABE, says Georgia lawmakers have a lot to accomplish when then re-convene next week, and they'll have to do it all in the midst of a pandemic.See omnys...

Dr. Brendan Jackson, medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about a new report that finds African-Americans are more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19, a...

Governor Brian Kemp will allow some Georgia businesses to resume operations at the end of the week, less than one month after issuing a statewide shelter-in-place order to fight COVID-19. Emma Hurt, W...

Is there anyone who hasn't been affected in some way by the pandemic? Molly Samuel talks about WABE's effort to collect and share personal stories of living through the coronavirus.See omnystudio.com/...

Lots of people have had their employment situations changed by the pandemic. Many have lost jobs. Many are working in different hours or different settings. A long-time custodian at the Atlanta airpor...

COVID-19 has led Georgia officials to delay the state's presidential primary election multiple times and to push vote-by-mail in new ways. Emil Moffatt, who covers voting for WABE, talks about what th...

Georgians shouldn't worry about getting access to coronavirus testing or treatment--even if they don't have insurance, says John King, state insurance commissioner. But taxpayers are likely to be on t...