The Sports Medicine department at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center announced that Jane Monachello, a junior at Lake Oconee Academy, has been named Athlete of the Month.
There were 36 deaths with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause reported in Georgia in the week ending Dec. 17, making up 2.8% of total deaths by all causes in Georgia.
There were 53 deaths with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause reported in Georgia in the week ending Dec. 17, making up 4.1% of total deaths by all causes in Georgia.
Georgia's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Dec. 10, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 302 deaths from diseases of the heart reported in Georgia in the week ending Dec. 17, making up 23.2% of total deaths by all causes in Georgia.
After a record-breaking number of early and absentee votes in the state's runoff Senate election this year, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is pushing legislation that would end the use of general election runoffs in the state.
There were 81 deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases reported in Georgia in the week ending Dec. 17, making up 6.2% of total deaths by all causes in Georgia.
Recent Vanguard survey data shows many investors have turned to their retirement savings for cash in 2022 as hardship withdrawals reach all-time highs.