Health

Tamara Bean from Guyton now has a precious baby boy. But getting here wasn’t easy. During her pregnancy she had to make a call to her doctor saying. “Hey, yesterday I was not feeling the best. I couldn’t really get out of bed.”

High schoolers still have a month left of school, but health officials are asking parents to go ahead and start thinking about next year.

April is Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month.

Georgia has one of of highest maternal death rates in the country and the issue is affecting Black women the most, according to local doctors.

Every day, 17 people across the country die because an organ they need is not available.

While snacks to help moms produce more breast milk sound like a big help for mothers, researchers across the country are concerned they don’t actually work.

A Savannah non-profit is searching for community input on how to make sure healthy food is accessible to everyone in Chatham County.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. One group in Statesboro serves a range of victims in Bulloch and several surrounding counties.

One in three adults are at risk for getting kidney disease, according to the National Kidney Foundation.

Now that the FDA has approved naloxone for over the counter use, local pharmacies like Richmond Hill Pharmacy say they plan to carry it as soon as they can.

A major breakthrough in the fight against the opioid epidemic - the FDA has approved Naloxone, better known as Narcan, for over-the-counter use.

Surrounding states, South Carolina and Florida, both test for over 50 disorders while Georgia only test for 37.

With the season change and heightened allergies, it’s not an easy time of the year for kids with asthma.

Colorectal surgeons at Memorial Health say colorectal cancer is the third leading cause in cancer deaths in the country and it’s starting to impact even younger populations.

Not only does March 20 mark three years since that first covid case, but it also marks three years since covid testing started in the district.

The Statesboro Police Department posted to social media Tuesday to share the department has seen an increase in drug overdoses recently.

Just two months after suffering a heart attack, 70-year-old Michael Kirby is back on his feet. Now he’s ready to share the story of the day he nearly died and the two men who saved his life with the help of a device he says everyone should learn how to use.

This weekend will mark one month since former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care.

A Savannah woman is celebrating officially being cancer-free.

Thursday marks two years since the Dwaine and Cynthia Willett Children’s Hospital officially opened in Savannah.

This week will mark two years since the opening of the Dwaine and Cynthia Willett Children’s Hospital in Savannah.

Rural hospitals face struggles to provide services when they don’t have the number of patients larger ones see. In Claxton, they’re adapting to meet the challenge.

A new care facility is now open to seniors in the Hostess City.

For the past two school years, the number of children getting vaccinated against diseases has gone down.

Families are having to go from pharmacy to pharmacy searching for Adderall.

The clothesline project gives students a platform to indirectly share abuse or violence from their past.

Several people claim they’ve waited too long in emergency rooms to be seen by a doctor.

A neurologist joined Afternoon Break to talk about Bruce Willis' dementia diagnosis and what we can learn from it.

Emergency rooms in our area are being overwhelmed with patients every day.

Fentanyl overdose deaths were up 20 percent last year in Chatham County, according to the Counter Narcotics Team director who told commissioners he doesn’t expect that number to get any better this year.