Covid-19 – The Macon Newsroom

Mercer University in Macon conducted pop up coronavirus testing at a homeless day center after other labs turned people away for not having a car for

Coronavirus Tests For The Homeless When ‘Drive Up’ Isn’t An Option

June 5, 2020

Medical Center, Navicent Health, medical lab technicians Diane Jones, left, and Jeri Fountain, use the new Roche Cobas 6800 testing machine that will allow the hospital to do all its COVID-19 testing in house.

Navicent’s new COVID-19 testing machine makes ‘significant impact’ in fighting virus

June 3, 2020

ICU Nurses Thank Mercer Medical for Preparing Them for Pandemic

ICU Nurses Thank Mercer Medical for Preparing Them for Pandemic

June 2, 2020

COVID-19 forced Macon-Bibb County to hold a virtual public hearing on the Fiscal '21 budget which will require people to email questions and concerns to commission@maconbibb.us.

Concerned about Macon-Bibb’s budget? Here’s how to get your voice heard

May 29, 2020

Will COVID-19 kill off or boost planned downtown Macon projects?

May 22, 2020

Savannah Cunningham, right, and Taylor Reaves outside a Walgreens drive thru testing site in Alpharetta.

Mercer pharmacy students on front lines of Covid-19 testing

May 21, 2020

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Health sent Gov. Brian Kemp a letter Tuesday expressing concern over state-mandated budget cuts as health workers fight COVID-19.

Georgia budget cuts cause ‘grave concern’ for Macon-Bibb health board

May 20, 2020

Testing performed by a private lab in a church parking lot in Macon. Testers usually recommend breathing through the mouth as the swab goes to the back of the nasal cavity.

How To Get A Coronavirus Test In Georgia

May 13, 2020

Downtown Macon census response rates are low although dozens of loft apartments have been added in the past decade.

Census folks could come calling as Macon sees mixed response rates

May 11, 2020

Nidhi Shashidharai, a 2020 Mercer University graduate, earned a degree in environmental studies.

‘A weird goodbye’: Mercer seniors reflect on the way COVID-19 impacted the end of their college careers

May 11, 2020

Coliseum Medical Centers released results of COVID-19 testing since March 1 during a Chamber of Commerce webinar Friday morning.

COVID-19: Coliseum releases test results as Macon hospitals resume procedures

May 8, 2020

Nishi Patel at Chapman's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa.

Preparing for the Peace Corps during COVID-19

May 2, 2020

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