Results of an international clinical trial co-led by researchers at Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University show potential for a novel drug to benefit patients with multiple myeloma whose disease either recurred or was resistant to three or more earlier lines of treatment.
Clark Atlanta University (CAU) makes history as the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to receive a $10 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES program to establish the National Data Science Alliance (NDSA).
The Atlanta Police Department’s Narcotics Unit works around the clock to stop drug dealers and remove guns and drugs off the streets. During the months of July and August 2022, the Narcotics Unit confirmed illegal narcotics activity at the Deluxe INN motel located at 3810 Campbellton Rd SW.
The City of Atlanta and Fulton County have reached an agreement to temporarily lease up to 700 beds from the Atlanta City Detention Center to alleviate severe overcrowding in Fulton County facilities. The four-year agreement is subject to approval by both the Atlanta City Council and the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in the coming weeks.
On Sunday, July 31st, 2022, at approximately 12:13AM, Atlanta Police responded to a call of a person shot at 361 17th St. NW. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male victim with an apparent gunshot wound to the shoulder.
The Fulton County Board of Health (FCBOH) today announced mosquitos caught in traps collected in the southwest Atlanta area at Brown Middle School near the Atlanta Beltline, Grant Park, and Washington Park tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). Previously, the Brown Middle School site had the first infected mosquito pool detected in Fulton County in 2022. That site has once again tested positive for infected mosquitoes as have the other two locations in the City of Atlanta.
AltFinance, a program created to increase diverse representation across the alternative investment industry, announced that it is contributing a $2 million gift to its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) founding partners, the Atlanta University Center institutions:
New research by Georgia State University’s TReNDS Center may lead to early diagnosis of conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and autism—in time to help prevent and more easily treat these disorders.
Attorney General Chris Carr today announced the arrest of Daniel Horne and Gregory Benoit for solicitation, statutory rape and aggravated child molestation involving a 15-year-old female victim. The arrests stem from an ongoing investigation by the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.
July is Parathyroid Awareness Month and Reema Mallick, M.D., an endocrine surgeon practicing at Piedmont Henry Hospital, wants everyone to know the symptoms for hyperparathyroidism, how it is diagnosed, and, most importantly, how it is treated.
Georgia State University’s supporters powered the institution to a new one-year fundraising record of $107.7 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) hosted a roundtable discussion at the National Infantry Museum between local veterans, community leaders, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary, Denis McDonough. It was an opportunity for local veterans and leaders to share their insights with the secretary about VA care and ways in which it can be improved. Earlier in the day, Congressman Bishop participated in a ceremony at the newly named Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic in Columbus, Georgia.
The latest updates on the impact of COVID-19 in Fulton County place the community level as high according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University has earned accreditation for its novel Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program from the South Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (AYSPS) at Georgia State University is offering a new policy analytics concentration in its Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree program. Designed to prepare students to work as analysts and managers in the public and nonprofit sectors, it launches in the fall semester.