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Roni Robbins’ Chanukah Message for 2024

In 1925, my grandfather came to America seeking a better life and to avoid being conscripted into the Czechoslovakian army. At 20 years old, he envisioned a goldene medina, an idyllic golden country where the streets were paved with gold and opportunities for success and freedom abounded. Despite battling tuberculosis, surviving a workplace shooting at a TB rehab center, financial… Read More »Roni Robbins’ Chanukah Message for 2024

Tuberculosis cases in Georgia dropped in 2023, bucking the national trend

While most of the country saw increased cases of tuberculosis in 2023, Georgia experienced a slight decline, according to a new surveillance report from the Georgia Department of Public Health. Considered the world’s deadliest infectious disease, tuberculosis or TB is caused by bacteria spread through the air, typically when someone coughs or sneezes. The disease usually attacks the lungs. It… Read More »Tuberculosis cases in Georgia dropped in 2023, bucking the national trend