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The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed measles in an Atlanta-area resident on Tuesday evening. This is the st...
08/19/2026

The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed measles in an Atlanta-area resident on Tuesday evening. This is the state's seven confirmed case this year. Last year, the state reported 10 measles cases total.

GPB's Sofi Gratas reports.

Data reported this month by the CDC confirms the state lacks herd immunity against measles spread.

Tonight in Macon: Join us for a free screening of Georgia Rising: A Rural Health Story at 6:30 p.m. at the Douglass Thea...
08/19/2026

Tonight in Macon: Join us for a free screening of Georgia Rising: A Rural Health Story at 6:30 p.m. at the Douglass Theatre.
The documentary explores the challenges people in rural Georgia face when trying to access healthcare. GPB’s Peter Biello speaks with Glenda Grant about the film and the issues it highlights.

Georgia Rising: A Rural Health Story highlights the problems facing people in rural settings trying to access healthcare.

08/17/2026

As Georgia’s U.S. Senate race heats up, Sen. Jon Ossoff and Rep. Mike Collins are trading sharp attacks on the campaign trail. GPB's Sarah Kallis has more.

While not a replacement for the measles vaccine, an oral antiviral developed at Georgia State University could be an opt...
08/16/2026

While not a replacement for the measles vaccine, an oral antiviral developed at Georgia State University could be an option for more vaccine-hesitant populations.

GPB's Sofi Gratas explains.

While not a replacement for the measles vaccine, an oral antiviral developed at Georgia State University could be an option for more vaccine-hesitant populations.

Atlanta is losing ground on its goal of expanding the city's tree canopy. A Georgia Tech assessment found trees covered ...
08/15/2026

Atlanta is losing ground on its goal of expanding the city's tree canopy.

A Georgia Tech assessment found trees covered 45 and a half percent of Atlanta in 2023. That's down from nearly 48 percent in 2008. The city had set a goal of reaching 50 percent.

The report found Atlanta lost a net 780 acres of tree canopy over five years.

Georgia Tech professor Tony Giarusso presented the findings to an Atlanta City Council committee on Tuesday. He says redevelopment of single-family lots is a major driver of the decline.

"I think redevelopment has been the biggest source of loft loss," Giarusso said. "Single family home redevelopment, right. Taking a small house and making a bigger house and tearing down the trees, going to the maximum allowable lot size. I would say most of your loss is from that."

The assessment was completed two years ago but was never publicly released by the city.

GPB's Pamela Kirkland reports. For more stories like this, visit gpb.org/news.

Experts advising state regulators will have more time to review a contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI — one that w...
08/15/2026

Experts advising state regulators will have more time to review a contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI — one that would provide triple the electricity needed by the state’s capital city of Atlanta at OpenAI’s planned Effingham County data center.

Experts advising state utility regulators will have more opportunity to review a "trade secret" contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI.

08/14/2026

Balor and Zephyr have a new home in Atlanta! 🐋

The 10- and 7-year-old belugas were rescued from Marineland of Canada after the marine park could no longer care for its 30 beluga whales. Georgia Aquarium was part of a multi-institutional effort to safely rehome the whales, bringing Balor and Zephyr to Atlanta.

The two have now joined Georgia Aquarium’s pod of four other belugas.

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