VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
GA Rural Health Clinics Receive $4 Million from…
Release: HHS Provides $4,847,219 for COVID-19 Testing in Rural Communities in Georgia Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provided $4,847,219 to 98 Rural…
Free COVID-19 testing event hosted at Ora Lee…
Release: South Health District hosted its first mobile COVID-19 testing event at Ora Lee West in Valdosta on Tuesday, May 12. Twenty-one individuals were tested during the event at Ora Lee West and to-date South…
COVID-19 testing begins at Lowndes Co. Jail
Release: Sheriff Paulk has announced beginning today, two teams from the Georgia Army National Guard will be at the Lowndes County Jail testing inmates for the Covid-19 virus. This testing is voluntary and is being…
$12 Million Added to Georgia COVID-19 Research by…
Release: HHS Awards $12,280,445 to Expand COVID-19 Testing in Georgia Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $12,280,445 to 35 health centers in…
Peach Bowl, Inc. to help fund COVID-19 screening…
Release: Atlanta, GA - Peach Bowl, Inc. has teamed up with Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp to provide funding that will help make COVID-19 screenings available statewide during a critical time in the mitigation of…
South Health District Creates Free COVID-19 Testing Program
Release: Free COVID-19 Testing Available Across South Health District Call your local health department to learn more Free COVID-19 testing is available in all 10 counties across the Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health…
Free COVID-19 testing available in Lowndes Co.
Release: The Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health District is offering free COVID-19 testing in Lowndes County. Public health staff are hard at work Monday through Saturday performing tests on individuals at the Lowndes…
Georgia DOE changes to grades, testing, graduation
Press Release: April 7, 2020 –Georgia has received formal approval from the federal government to waive testing and accountability requirements for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced today.…