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Georgia had asked the judge to vacate a preliminary injunction because a panel with the 11th Circuit of Appeals allowed enforcement of a similar Alabama law. Florida has also appealed to the 11th Circuit to overturn two rulings on gender-affirming care.

The state says Judge Sarah Geraghty should vacate her order blocking a hormone therapy ban because an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel allowed enforcement of a similar Alabama law.

Health officials say the deceased person was infected with Naegleria fowleri - likely while swimming in an unnamed freshwater lake or pond.

Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.

The law is one of three big changes that could affect hundreds of thousands of Georgians who get subsidized health insurance through the state and federal government.

Georgia is among 35-plus states that have used an under-the-radar federal funding mechanism to boost payments for hospitals and other providers under Medicaid. But oversight makes it hard to tell if the “directed payments” program is meeting its goals.

A lower court judge had ruled that the law enacted in 2019 was not valid because it was it was unconstitutional at the time for governments to ban abortions.

The state will ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for people under 18 with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.

The country is suffering from a severe shortage of affordable housing. But elected officials have done little to fix a problem that puts many Americans at greater risk for sickness and shortens lives.

The ruling by a judge in Fulton County applies statewide. It says the abortion limit violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent at the time it became law in 2019.