The Georgia Health Report
Friday afternoons at 5:44 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 5:35 p.m.
The WUGA Health Desk presents a weekly program, Georgia Health Report, focused on health news and issues facing Georgians. The program, hosted by Emma Auer, features regular news and commentary from Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead of KFF Health News, and Rebecca Grapevine of Healthbeat. Jamia Wideman is the show's production intern.
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Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, we’ll discover how misinformation about measles vaccination and prevention is surging in the U-S—and the state of the disease in Georgia. -
This week on the Georgia Health Report, Republicans in Congress are pushing for Medicaid work requirements. Host Jamia Wideman discusses how this type of program has worked in Georgia. -
Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, we discuss allergy season in Atlanta, and what last week's high pollen count means.
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This week on the Georgia Health Report, we'll talk about the latest round of lay offs by the Trump administration. The new firings affect thousands of federal health workers, including many people at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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This week on the Georgia Health Report, the Trump administration is considering big cuts to funding for HIV prevention. We’ll take a look at what that could mean for Georgia.
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This week on the Georgia Health Report, we'll discuss an Atlanta study that explored the links between childhood trauma and heart disease among black adults and how how trauma may affect black women's health differently.
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This week on the Georgia Health Report, we dive into the firing of employees in certain programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and what that might mean for public health in the US.
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This week on the Georgia Health Report, we’ll talk about Medicaid, the government health insurance program that serves Georgians with low incomes and disabilities, as Republicans in Congress consider big cuts.
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This week on the Georgia Health Report, we’ll talk about the Georgia researchers facing uncertainty because of federal funding changes.
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This week on the Georgia Health report, we’ll discuss the expansion of healthcare access for incarcerated youth.
