This month's Hospital Net will be on Sunday, July 5. The purpose of the net is to determine the operational capability of each hospital. All operators are encouraged to participate.
A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hotter because of the high humidity that's arriving with it.The heat dome is expected to build over the eastern two-thirds of the country.
As of July 1, 2015, all consumer fireworks are legal in Georgia. Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King urges citizens to use extreme caution to avoid injuries when using fireworks. Consumer fireworks are defined as any small fireworks device designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion as approved by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
As of June 25, 2026, 2,134 confirmed measles cases were reported in the United States in 2026. Among these, 2,122 measles cases were reported by 41 jurisdictions. There have been 30 new outbreaks reported in 2026, and 93% of confirmed cases (1,982 of 2,134) are outbreak-associated (629 from outbreaks starting in 2026 and 1,353 from outbreaks that started in 2025).
Small loops of genetic material may be strong indicators of imminent Alzheimer’s disease (AD) symptoms. In a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study, researchers showed that elevated levels of certain circular RNAs (circRNAs) in the blood nearly tripled patients’ risk of developing symptoms, suggesting these molecules are more sensitive to symptom onset than traditional AD biomarkers.
Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continueto ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind healthcare providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)
TheTravel Clinical Assistantprovides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.
