Lauren Baggett

Memory of Tuskegee impacted vaccine uptake among Black Americans in the South.

On average, 41.2 million people in 21.6 million households received monthly SNAP benefits in the 2022 fiscal year.

This week on Athens News Matters, as we get ready for Thanksgiving, we’ll take a look back at some of our news coverage about food insecurity in Athens and the toll it takes on families.

In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, five University of Georgia graduates got together over Zoom to take on a big challenge – creating an alumni board to support the university’s College of Public Health. Recently, those five members of what started as the alumni working group sat down to share their stories in this audio postcard.

Today on Athens News Matters, we’ll meet one of the candidates running for clerk of court in Athens-Clarke County. Elisa Zarate joins us. Plus, just in time for Halloween, the psychology of ghosting.

It's common to hear a lot of debate about the SNAP emergency food assistance program. But how much does the average person really know about the program, who it supports, and how?

Today on Athens News Matters, we talk to a public health expert about the nuances of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, plus a preview of this weekend’s Twilight Criterium.

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss an investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR that found that over 100 million Americans are impacted by medical debt.

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss a new study that suggests teens are more likely to be physically active in school if they feel safe and comfortable at their schools.

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss how providers and patients are preparing for a post-Roe health care landscape.