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WFXL's Southwest Georgia Headlines
Latest news from around Albany, Georgia, the Nation and the World
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Updated with video; Saturday is World AIDS Day and for FOX 31’s Facebook story of the day people wanted to know what events are planned for it in southwest Georgia?
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Updated with video; The Southwest Health district in Georgia has now seen West Nile cases grow to 12 with three deaths so far this year.
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Sunday, July 01, 2012
Updated with video; In observation of National HIV Testing Day, the Southwest Health District sponsored a free health fair.
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Thursday, June 07, 2012
Updated with video; Last year, nearly 1 million Americans experienced herpes zoster, or shingles, a disease that causes a painful skin rash.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Updated with video; Dougherty County has a new tool in the fight against shingles.
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Monday, November 07, 2011
Updated with video; Shigella continues to spread across Southwest Georgia.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women but mammography can detect it at its earliest, most treatable stage.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Updated with video; Tifton residents contacted FOX 31 about a possible Salmonella outbreak. Health officials say there have been ten reported cases in the area.
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Health officials say 30 children have confirmed cases of chickenpox in schools and daycares. This is the third vaccine preventable disease to come up in Southwest Georgia.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Public Health officials say there were 21,000 cases of whooping cough in children younger than six months in 2010.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Southwest Health Director Dr. Jacqueline Grant says 12 children and two adults have symptoms of whooping cough - a runny nose, sneezing and fever, and a cough that slowly gets worse. After a couple weeks, the cough develops into spasms or fits followed in children or infants by a whooping sound as they try to catch their breath.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
The Southwest Health District confims that a horse in Grady County has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a disease that can cause severe illness in humans.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Southwest Health District has three words of advice for businesses both large and small: Get ready. Now.
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