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According to reported flu vaccine uptake in the 2023-2024 season, only about 41% of Georgians got the shot.

Caption FEMA workers go door to door in Soperton, Ga., midway between Macon and Savannah in Treutlen County, on the morning of Oct. 22, 2024.

Caption Augusta firefighters and other volunteers hand out water and ice on Sept. 30. But there, and in other parts of Georgia affected by Hurricane Helene, people can still apply for federal food assistance.

It’s the first decline the state has seen in procedures since 2017, according to final data from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Caption The emergency room entrance is seen at Piedmont Macon Medical Center.

To move on to long-term recovery, communities affected by recent hurricanes will need further support from the state and federal government.

Caption Donald and Margaret Holder of Crawford County harvest purple hull peas in 2018. Women in agriculture feel lonely and stretched thin, a new study shows.

Caption People affiliated with opioid recovery service providers listen in April to the question and answer portion of the Macon informational session around how Georgia's Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust will disburse millions of dollars of settlement funds.

It will take years before farms hit hard by Hurricane Helene can recover. That devastation extends to communities of immigrant farm workers, who have largely been left out of storm relief programs.

Caption An operating room technician performs an ultrasound on a patient in Louisiana on July 6, 2022.