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A public memorial service to honor DeKalb County police Officer David Rose, killed during an attack on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be held Friday.

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Some Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees are heading back to campus this morning for the first time since a gunman opened fire outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters.

Along with being older and having an underlying health condition, pregnancy itself is a risk factor. Pregnant women are more ...

Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter obtained a CDC alert sent to employees, which said staff who work in buildings 16,18, 21, and ...

Ken White and his wife were watching television, having just gotten a call from their son, Patrick, around 5 p.m.

The FDA has approved the first at-home nasal spray flu vaccine, FluMist, allowing Americans to receive flu protection without ...

Coronavirus infections are climbing again, marking another summer wave as children go back to school. But this uptick arrives ...

The move would add another barrier for parents who want to vaccinate healthy children ahead of the respiratory virus season.

The Atlanta Track Club raised more than $40,000 for Officer David Rose's family. Officer Rose was killed in the line of duty ...