A state appeals panel has given Northside Hospital its blessing to build an outpatient surgery center in Braselton.

The Daily Post is shining a spotlight on the Hospital Heroes in Gwinnett County who are giving their all to provide a high level of essential health care services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center is permanently expanding its critical care capacity at its Gainesville and Braselton campuses as a result of issues highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Gwinnett County Board of Education got through most of its meeting on Thursday night without issue, but it ended early during public comment with some board members leaving early and parents arguing with each other over the school system’s mask mandate.

Northside Hospital Gwinnett officially opened its new emergency department in Lawrenceville this past week, but Northside Hospital System officials are saying that is just a sign of the steps it is taking to increase medical care access at the Lawrenceville-based hospital.

Gwinnett County officials will offer $100 Visa gift cards to people 12 and older who get a vaccine shot during the Vaccines Aren't Scary event on Friday and Saturday.

Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation will hold a senior wellness fair in unincorporated Lawrenceville later this week.

The Daily Post is shining a spotlight on the Hospital Heroes in Gwinnett County who are giving their all to provide a high level of essential health care services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A Gwinnett police recruit who died after experiencing a medical emergency during training on Tuesday had an existing heart condition that may have caused his death, according the county's medical examiner.

Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett, a nonprofit clinic serving poor and uninsured individuals in metro Atlanta, recently opened a new special care center for patients with COVID-19 and other highly communicable, infectious diseases.

Several residents of an apartment building located near Graves Park in Norcross were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning on Tuesday after a gas-powered generator was used to restore power to their building following an overnight outage.

Eastside Medical Center's heart program has been folding into Piedmont Hospital's heart program as the two hospitals continue their merger.

ATLANTA – Three child advocacy organizations in Georgia are launching an ad campaign encouraging both adults and children to wear masks to discourage the spread of COVID-19. A series of public service announcements set to begin airing Tuesday features children too young to be vaccinated talking about adults in their lives – including teachers and […]

The Daily Post is shining a spotlight on the Hospital Heroes in Gwinnett County who are giving their all to provide a high level of essential health care services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

When Schelly Marlatt was in her 20’s, she was a young woman enjoying her youth. She was not married yet and didn’t have children.

A new report shows COVID-19 vaccinations may have helped prevent roughly 5,100 new COVID-19 infections and 700 deaths among seniors in Georgia during the first five months of this year . The study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also found that vaccinations were linked to a reduction of about […]

A car show, which will include tasty food and cold beer, will be held Saturday at Ironshield Brewing in Lawrenceville to raise funds to assist the families of local cancer patients during the holidays.

ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp doubled down Thursday on his opposition to any federal mandates requiring Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Daily Post is shining a spotlight on the Hospital Heroes in Gwinnett County who are giving their all to provide a high level of essential health care services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Gwinnett County Public Schools is offering parents a new way to view data about COVID-19 cases in the district's schools.

Inmates at the Gwinnett County jail who were scheduled to appear for hearings in court on Friday saw their cases continued after one of their fellow inmates tested positive for COVID-19, according to officials at the county sheriff's office.

A Republican candidate for next year's 7th Congressional District race stepped into the ongoing debate over a face mask mandate in Gwinnett County schools on Thursday and urged the county's school board to lift its mandate.

Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett, a nonprofit providing medical, dental and pharmaceutical services to poor and uninsured individuals in metro Atlanta, has appointed Shameka Allen as the associate director of the organization.

On Tuesday, Gwinnett United in Drug Education Inc. was one of 106 organizations across the country who were named recipients of federal grants to fight youth substance abuse.

Four PCOM Georgia third year medical students were recently honored by the Duluth City Council for their work with Student Docs for Shocks nonprofit.

ATLANTA - Drug prices and who controls them could be back before the General Assembly this winter, as consumer advocates and pharmacy benefit managers remain at odds over issues such as drug price transparency.

Gwinnett County has had more than a tenfold increase in COVID-19 cases since the Fourth of July weekend, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 23 other state attorneys general in a letter to President Joe Biden warning of legal action if the White House’s proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate is implemented.

ATLANTA – New cases of COVID-19 on University System of Georgia campuses started to come down this week after increasing at the beginning of the fall semester. The number of positive tests reported at nine schools – including the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech – declined this week, mirroring a trend that occurred at […]

ATLANTA – The federal government has changed the way COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments are being distributed in the United States, including Georgia. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said this week the decision comes from supply shortages and demand for the treatments across the country, mainly due to the delta variant’s rapid […]

ATLANTA – The president of the Medical Association of Georgia said Wednesday this flu season could be worse than last year’s, and again stressed the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine. “COVID-19 is a respiratory infection, so co-infection can bring a much higher risk of mortality,” said Dr. Lisa Perry-Gilkes. “Getting vaccinated is the best […]

ATLANTA — Almost 60% of all new COVID-19 cases are now in Georgia’s K-12 schools, the state’s top epidemiologist said Tuesday.

Just before Frank Berry left his job as head of Georgia’s Medicaid agency this summer, he said the state “will be looking for the best bang for the buck” in its upcoming contract with private insurers to cover the state’s most vulnerable. But whether the state — and Medicaid patients — are getting an optimal deal on Medicaid is up for debate. Georgia pays three insurance companies — ...

Georgia hospital officials are scrambling to gauge the impact of President Biden’s order for health care workers to get vaccinated for Covid-19.

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine has named Ruth M. Maher, PT, PhD, DPT, as the new chair of the Department of Physical Therapy.

With its emergency and ICU beds filling up because of a new surge in COVID patients, Piedmont Hospital-Eastside has formed a unique partnership with Gwinnett County government to provide access to vaccines to people in the southern part of the county.

There's no clear answer on when Gwinnett County Public Schools' face mask mandate could end, according to GCPS Superintendent Calvin Watts. 

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp is vowing to fight President Joe Biden’s newly announced COVID-19 mandates, which now include requiring employers with more than 100 workers to mandate either vaccinations or weekly tests.

Georgia is one of the nation’s slowest states in terms of recovering from the coronavirus, a new survey shows. WalletHub, a personal finance website, compared 50 states and the District of Columbia in three factors: COVID health, travel and leisure, and labor and economic factors. According to WalletHub’s metrics, Georgia ranks 47th in the nation […]