...87.2 per 1,000 for girls ages 15-19, compared to a state rate of 61 per 1,000, according to the Georgia Division of Public Health.From 1999 to 2008, teens in the county gave birth to 5,262 babies at a cost of $111.7 million, the...

...Tuesday, after averaging one the previous two weeks and none for four weeks before that, according to the Georgia Division of Public Health.- South Carolina saw a slight increase in flu activity, going from local to regional status, with the...

It has come full circle for Phyllis Roland.

After weeks of waiting, the Richmond County Health Department is finally flush with vaccine against the novel influenza A H1N1 virus, even as the number of cases nationwide seems to be declining.

More than 20 million Americans have been sickened and nearly 4,000 have died in the first six months of the pandemic caused by the novel influenza A H1N1 virus, according to estimates released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The 10-year-old Harlem girl who died of complications associated with the novel influenza A H1N1 virus appeared to be healthy before contracting the disease, a family spokesman said Tuesday.

Parents of healthy toddlers ages 2 to 4 in Richmond and Columbia counties will get a chance to get their child vaccinated Monday against the novel influenza A H1N1 virus, the East Central Health District announced Thursday.

About 36 children are among those who have died from the novel influenza A H1N1 virus this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

...from a rapid swab test that confirmed influenza A. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Georgia Division of Public Health no longer test routine cases and only do confirmation tests on hospitalized or severely ill suspected cases...

Health officials are working on a new Georgia Environmental Health Information System Web site that will allow consumers to pull up recent scores and view the inspection forms with specific violations and inspector notes.