Atlanta/ Community & Society
Published on May 05, 2020
Top Atlanta news: Mayor warns of risk as economy reopens; doctor hopeful about drug; morePhoto: Payton Chung/Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Atlanta.

Mayor warns residents of COVID risk, despite governor reopening economy

A new report reveals Georgia residents have a 40% increase in the risk of exposure since the governor's statewide order reopening many non-essential businesses. 

Read the full story on MSNBC.

Will Atlanta child murders ever be solved? 

Anthony Terrell is grateful that HBO’s “Atlanta’s Murdered and Missing: The Lost Children” has brought a new spotlight to the terror which gripped black residents of Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when dozens of children and young adults were murdered or disappeared without a trace.

Read the full story on Los Angeles Times.

Emory University doctor sees a lot of hope with drug remdesivir

Dr. Carlos Del Rio, one of the principal investigators of the remdesivir trial at Emory University in Atlanta, tells NBC's Kasie Hunt that while the drug is showing positive effects, 'This is not the cure."

Read the full story on MSNBC.


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