Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication
The World Health Organization declared coronavirus an international public health emergency while Holly Bik and her family were on a trip to Shanghai. They had to scramble to return to their North Georgia home.
When a Wall Street Journal reporter read about a “too-good-to-be-true” blood-testing device from a company called Theranos, his antennas went up. Ultimately, his curiosity would lead to the biggest and most compelling investigative story he’s ever written.
Despite funding to provide the telehealth services, it remains an unsuccessful approach to health care in the rural Georgia.
One UGA-operated program seeks to overcome public health challenges in rural Georgia but is struggling in the process.
Lung cancer rates remain high in Northeast Georgia. Not only is smoking a chief factor, but there’s another more invisible threat.