Augusta University is big news! Every week, our students, staff, faculty and healthcare providers appear in local, national and international publications. Read how Augusta University and AU Health are impacting the world through groundbreaking research, education and healthcare.

Contact Us

Communications & Media Relations

706-721-7406

communications@augusta.edu

643 Broad St. Augusta, 30901

U.S. News & World Report

No Fuel? No Problem: Tourists in Cuba Brave Worsening Shortages

Read

Fortune

Bret Taylor’s surprise exit from Salesforce isn’t proof the co-CEO model doesn’t work. But it requires the right conditions

Read

Insider

A 'game changer' weight-loss drug is making people disgusted by their favorite foods — including coffee and Chick-fil-A

Read

The Atlanta Journal- Constitution

It's the economy ...': Candidates seek turnout, if not persuasion, with inflation message

Read

USA Today

A national emergency': Black women still 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women

Read

Yahoo News

Medical College of Georgia students experience local sights, tastes during tour of Albany

Read

Georgia Trend

Specialized care for athletes

Read

Yahoo

The financial burden for cancer survivors is grave

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Augusta University nurse traveling back to Ukraine asks others to help

Read

MSN

Local rural health efforts get boost from state, federal funds

Read

Georgia Trend

Advances in reconstructive surgery benefit not only patients and their families, but the community as a whole

Read

NBC

How burn pits may have raised veterans' risk of rare cancers and respiratory illnesses

Read

Savannah Connect

Augusta University MCG + Pathway Program helping to address physician and nursing shortages in Georgia

Read

GeorgiaTrend

Art featured from across Georgia

Read

Yahoo News

Officials stress safety if using fireworks July 4

Read

Yahoo News

Job seekers, employers adapt skills for a job market that's changed amid pandemic

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta air quality improved, but still gets an F in annual survey

Read

Yahoo News

Here’s the age when Americans get the least amount of sleep

Read

ScienceDaily

Omicron hit rural America harder than cities

Read

Vanity Fair

A&E’s Intervention Returns This Month, But Some Addiction Experts Wish It Wouldn’t

Read

DailyMail U.K.

Hope for chronic constipation sufferers thanks to vibrating pill that can 'double the number of weekly bowel movements'

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Advocates predict a critical shortage of geriatricians

Read

The Post and Courier

Kisners recognized with AU’s President’s Award

Read

GeorgiaTrend

A Preventable Disease

Read

Livestrong

What Really Happens to Your Body When You’re Constipated

Read

Yahoo News

Immersive Van Gogh experience is way to expose world to art 4 trillion pixels at a time

Read

Voz de América

Paolo Spadoni - Augusta University

Read

The Associated Press

‘ManningCast’ comes to golf as PGA gets alternate telecast

Read

The Washington Post

Everyone poops weirdly on vacation

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Loss of hospital services in south Fulton could have broad impact

Read

Buzzfeed

Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Reported Poisoning Symptoms After Engaging In Recent Talks

Read

CNN

Heartbreaking' delays in autism diagnosis and treatment got even worse during pandemic

Read

Becker's Hospital Review

Georgia hospital adds noninvasive esophageal cancer screening

Read

Yahoo

A seat at the table': Black MCG students aim to broaden least-diverse medical specialties

Read

Southern Living

Don't Miss a Chance To Visit Augusta, Georgia, in Springtime

Read

U.S. News & World Report

The Benefits of Weighted Blankets

Read

Reuters

Russians vanish from Cuba beaches, casting doubt on tourism recovery

Read

Georgia Trend

Celebrating innovation in Georgia

Read

CTV News

Why the West cares about the situation in Russia-Ukraine

Read

ABC News

Why Americans should care about the Ukraine-Russia conflict

Read

GPB News

Scientists at Augusta University examine link between genetics and COVID-19 risk

Read

Yahoo

One day after Trump said Nancy Pelosi should be banned from stock trading, she said she’s open to it

Read

The New York Times

The Gender Gap is Taking Us to Unexpected Places

Read

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Who Moved Up — and Down — in the New Carnegie Classifications?

Read

Georgia Trend

Kids’ Care Zone

Read

WSB-TV Atlanta

Foods rich in animal protein may play a key role in developing hypertension

Read

Parkinson's Foundation

My PD Story: Kelly Spain

Read

Yahoo

Nuclear warhead cores production brings expansion, jobs to Savannah River Site

Read

The CPA Journal

Reflections on My Career as an Accounting Education

Read

Becker's Hospital Review

PGA golfer, wife donate $5.3M for behavioral health center at Children's Hospital of Georgia

Read

Yahoo

U.S. Navy vet: Savannah has a unique, historical relationship with veterans

Read

Yahoo

If you can find the cancer early on': Underused lung cancer screening could save lives

Read

MSN

Majority of employees at Augusta University will have to comply with vaccine mandate

Read

Yahoo

Celebrate Veterans Day – and boost your business – by hiring a vet

Read

Yahoo

25 entrepreneurs and 10 new jobs - Black Chamber launches program to boost minority business

Read

Newsweek

Why Are Poor Americans Resisting the Vaccine? Because COVID is the Least of Their Problems | Opinion

Read

Georgia Trend

Helping to close Georgia’s cybersecurity workforce gap

Read

U.S. News & World Report

Architects Hired for Georgia Hospital Planned Near Augusta

Read

MSN

The threat of cyber-attacks is real, and we are all responsible for staying secure

Read

MoneyGeek

Car Insurance Calculator: Estimate the Cost of Car Insurance for You

Read

MoneyGeek

Opportunity Costs Should Adjust For Risk and Uncertainty

Read

Georgia Trend

Georgia State University receives grant for brain research

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

After worst of the pandemic, hospitals breathe sigh of relief

Read

Nasdaq

The 25 Cheapest U.S. Cities to Live In

Read

CNN

Confronting Kyrsten Sinema in a bathroom was outrageous – and counterproductive

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A look at major COVID-19 developments over the past week

Read

The Associated Press

COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages

Read

Georgia Trend

Helping the Body Repair Itself

Read

Daily Mail U.K.

The Covid gene: Some people carry a DNA twist that can cut the risk of being seriously ill with coronavirus, study suggests

Read

U.S. News & World Report

SC Senators Debate How to Spend $525M in Plutonium Deal

Read

The New York Times

Rural America's Roads Might Resemble Cuba in 20 Years

Read

NPR

TikTokers Are Trading Stocks By Copying What Members Of Congress Do

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Morehouse College goes 3D to recruit students

Read

Newsweek

Excavation Trip to Search for Flight Surgeon Missing in Vietnam War Postponed Due to COVID

Read

MedPage Today

Medfluencer: From Med Student to YouTube Star: Meet America Revere, MD

Read

The Pathologist

Is Pathology its Own Worst Enemy?

Read

MSN

Dental College of Georgia offering free screenings during fall

Read

MSN

For third year, Augusta University makes list of good employers

Read

GPB News

Pregnant? Doctors Say Getting Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Protects Both Mom And Baby

Read

Realtor.com

Priced Out: 10 Hot Spots Where Locals Are Least Likely To Be Able To Afford a Home

Read

Phys.org

Making nylon 6-6 'greener,' and without zinc

Read

Augusta Chronicle

Georgia Cyber Center could add third building as jobs, companies seeing Augusta as destination

Read

NewsNation

Biden to deploy 5,000 troops to Afghanistan as Taliban continues to advance

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Third shots authorized for Georgians with weakened immunity

Read

MSN

As hospitals’ COVID patients rise, vast majority are unvaccinated

Read

MSN

Augusta University president: Telemedicine, broadband saved lives during COVID-19

Read

WSB-TV Atlanta

ICUs and ERs in crisis: Doctor warns that Georgia health care system is maxed out

Read

GPB News

Medical College Of Georgia Program Seeks To Inspire Doctors For The Elderly As Population Ages

Read

MSN

Local health leaders consider COVID booster shots

Read

Healio

Transition from pediatric to adult care is a process, ‘not just a single point in time’

Read

Georgia Trend

Augusta | Richmond County: Betting on Augusta

Read

Politico

Virtual doctors brace for Covid’s new wave

Read

Healio

Sensory adaptation training improves persistent symptoms in IBS-C

Read

U.S. News & World Report

Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?

Read

The Associated Press

‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy US hospitals

Read

People

Man Honors His Farmworker Parents in Special Way After Graduating Medical School: 'Victory Lap'

Read

Fatherly

Men Are Dying of Colorectal Cancer at High Rates in 232 Hot Spots. What Gives?

Read

MSN

Rainbow Roadmap: What to do, where to be, when to go to celebrate Pride Month 2021 across the country

Read

Healio

Systematic review supports use of polyethylene glycol, senna for constipation

Read

Science Daily

Plant-based diet protects from hypertension, preeclampsia

Read

Psychology Today

New Antipsychotic Combo for Bipolar Disorder Approved by FDA

Read

Yahoo

Over half of adults unvaccinated for COVID-19 fear needles – here's what's proven to help

Read

Government Technology

Georgia Cyber Center Readies Students for Cybersecurity Jobs

Read

USA Today

Bar graph memorial, motivated by $1 million, summer school: News from around our 50 states

Read

MSN

AU Health looks ahead to building Columbia County's first hospital

Read

U.S. News & World Report

Do You Live in a U.S. Opioid OD Hotspot?

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opinion: An overlooked way to boost vaccinations

Read

Georgia Trend

Curtailing Cancer Care

Read

Hindustan Times

Study finds opiate overdoses can lead to poor mental health

Read

Yahoo

This Is What Anxiety Does to Your Poop

Read

The 19th News

Women in health care are at a breaking point — and they're leaving

Read

Medscape

Minority Women Less Likely Than Minority Men to Be Leaders in Academic Surgery

Read

GPB News

Will Mental Health Commission's Ideas Be Ignored?

Read

Augusta Chronicle

On state budget tour stop, governor thanks Augusta University for COVID efforts

Read

WSB-TV Atlanta

CBD could be used to treat Alzheimer's disease, Ga. researchers say

Read

GPB News

Survey Examines Pandemic-Induced Insomnia Disorder

Read

Yahoo Finance

Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at Augusta University Now Offers Diagnostic Service for Constitutional Genetic Disorders based on Optical Genome Mapping with Bionano’s Saphyr System

Read

U.S. News & World Report

Unexplained Drop in Resting Heart Rate in Youth 'Not a Good Thing'

Read

Health Podcast Network

Pascha Schafer, Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer of Augusta University Health System

Read

The Associated Press

Health system aims to vaccinate thousands before the Masters

Read

U.S. News & World Report

As Peaches Bloom, Volunteers Help Vaccinate Farm Workers

Read

The Scientist

Bald Eagle Killer Identified

Read

The Lily

49% of Republican men say they won't get vaccinated. These wives and daughters are on a mission to change their minds.

Read

The Associated Press

Study looks at Black participation in clinical trials

Read

M.D./alert

Newborns could develop fetal inflammatory syndrome from mothers with COVID-19

Read

Fox 5 Atlanta

As vaccinations expand, finding COVID-19 testing is becoming harder

Read

WSB-TV Atlanta

Augusta University, churches working together to build vaccine trust in Black community

Read

Golfweek

Will the Masters drive Augusta's economic engine in 2021?

Read

Yahoo Finance

Peach State Health Partners With Medical College Of Georgia To Address Rural Physician Shortage

Read

Insider

As Hollywood continues to cast straight actors in LGBTQ roles, the LGBTQ community is paying the price

Read

ABC News AU

Half a million dead in the US from COVID

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A community in peril as its hospital CEO falls victim to COVID-19

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

U.S. now ramping up to track mutant viruses, but effort may be too little, too late

Read

WJLA-TV ABC News 7

Gulf War veterans face lingering health problems that may make them vulnerable to COVID-19

Read

Healthline

Kids Are Half as Likely to Get COVID-19 as Adults: Here’s What We Know

Read

Reuters

Exclusive: Merck anti-baldness drug Propecia has long trail of suicide reports, records show

Read

WTVM News Leader 9

DPH reports 19 confirmed cases of COVID variant in Georgia

Read

Georgia Trend

COVID’s Cardiac Connection

Read

RT Question More

Did Covid help turn Americans into bloodthirsty killers in 2020? Some cities saw a 400% increase in homicides

Read

https://jagwire.augusta.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/07/people_400x400.jpg

2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

Read

NPR

Experts Say The Pandemic Coincided With The Largest One-Year Rise In Homicide Rates

Read

The Christian Science Monitor

2020’s murder increase is ‘unprecedented.’ But is it a blip?

Read

CBS News

How to shop at Black-owned businesses over the holidays

Read

MoneyGeek

The Best Cheap Car Insurance Companies & Quotes for 2020

Read

MoneyGeek

The Best Cheap Car Insurance in Georgia for 2020

Read

Forbes

2020 Women Voters Are Fired Up This Election, On Covid, Economy And Climate

Read

Vice News

The Pandemic Is Devastating Women and Could Make It Harder for Them to Vote

Read

The 19th News

Women voters say health care is on the line this year — and they aren’t hearing enough about it

Read

Georgia Trend

Healthcare’s New Reality in Georgia

Read

WalletHub

Cheap Car Insurance in Georgia

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opinion: Helping beyond social distancing

Read

Yahoo

Struggling CBD farmers hopeful after research finds CBD may help with COVID-19 side effects

Read

MSN

The 24 colleges with the best return on investment

Read

CNN

Dr. Phillip Coule Discusses Nurse Who Cared For COVID Patients Who Died From Virus

Read

MSN

COVID-19 cases are starting to level across Augusta region

Read

MSN

AU adds location to test kids for coronavirus

Read

Augusta Chronicle

Students see some positives in changes at Augusta University due to virus

Read

MSN

AU uses ‘pooling’ method to differentiate positive and negative COVID-19 samples

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Parents, medical experts weigh risks of playing football amid pandemic

Read

Medium

What Makes Us Male or Female?

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia professors press for flexibility to teach remotely

Read

23 and Me

Celebrating Pride Month, a Spotlight on Sex and Gender

Read

WalletHub

Drug Use by State: 2020’s Problem Areas

Read

PBS

Strategies from hospitals on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia medical students work to free up doctors in coronavirus fight

Read

The Washington Times

Georgia's university system plans changes in core curriculum

Read

MarketWatch

Opinion: Here’s how the gender gap in presidential politics breaks down by issue

Read

Business Standard

App uses AI to provide at-home assessment of coronavirus risk: Study

Read

Newsweek

Mike Bloomberg's height might actually hurt his election chances against Trump, history shows

Read

Newsweek

Transgender people with gender dysphoria could have 'rare' gene variants, study suggests

Read

Yahoo

Cuban tourism sector braces for further drop in U.S. visitors

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opinion: Georgia's maternal mortality crisis is a test for ‘pro-life’ lawmakers

Read

Georgia Trend

100 Most Influential Georgians: Visionary Forces

Read

Psychology Today

How Inflammation Can Lead to Depression

Read

Business Insider

Instagram's new policy of removing 'likes' is yet another challenge to our basic human need to 'belong,' a behavior analyst explains

Read

MyFitnessPal

Could Walking Help Lower Cancer Risk?

Read

Georgia Trend

Healthcare Hacks

Read

Bustle

How The Hymen & "Virginity Testing" Myths Got Started

Read

The Washington Times

Federal cyber experts christen satellite office in Georgia

Read

Business Standard

Study reveals chronic stress may be linked with inflammation and depression

Read

Georgia Trend

Banking on Breakthroughs

Read

Voice of America

VOA IE Extra: What are the implications of Turkey's attack in Syria with Dr. Craig Albert

Read

Runner's World

Setting a 4:30 A.M. Alarm Helped This Atlanta Dentist Clock an Olympic Trials ‘A’ Time

Read

U.S. News & World Report

For Insomniacs, Sleep Aids Can Ease a Troubled Mind

Read

Georgia Trend

A Study in Contrast

Read

Voice of America

Voice of America, International Edition

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Saturday morning orthopedic clinics a ‘win-win’ for Friday night football injuries

Read

Healthline

Mammograms Suggested for Men at High Risk of Breast Cancer

Read

Yahoo Finance

30 Cheapest Places Where You'll Really Want to Retire

Read

U.S. News & World Report

A Patient’s Guide to Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)

Read

Washington Monthly

America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges 2019

Read

USA Today

Gluten-heavy diets in young kids linked to celiac disease, study says

Read

U.S. News & World Report

What's the Difference Between Food Allergy and Food Intolerance?

Read

WRDW

Augusta University sets new record with freshmen class

Read

Southern Living

This 13-Year-Old is Giving Hope to Kids in Her Local Georgia Hospital

Read

Rome News Tribune

MCG wants to turn out new doctors quicker with less debt

Read

U.S. News & World Report

A Patient’s Guide to Skin Diseases

Read

TODAY

Meet the inspiring 13-year-old giving hope to kids at her local hospital

Read

Business Insider

Latest trends in medical monitoring devices and wearable health technology

Read

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Week in review: Mouse debut, disabled docs, innate confusion

Read

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Week in review: Telling tears, Acucela orphan, eye grillz

Read

Yahoo

Congestion' means different things to doctors and patients

Read

Reuters

Congestion' means different things to doctors and patients

Read

Forbes

America’s Best Employers By State

Read

Georgia Trend

Treating Cancer Closer to Home

Read

Vox

Men and women have similar views on abortion

Read

Georgia Trend

Mastering the Future

Read

U.S. News & World Report

In Georgia, a Surprise School-Recess Fight

Read

U.S. News & World Report

AHA News: This May Be Why Slashing Salt Lowers Blood Pressure

Read

The Washington Post

Maybe political correctness isn’t so bad after all

Read

Psychiatric Times

Smartphone Social Behavior and Relapse in Schizophrenia

Read

Psychiatric Times

Could an Opioid Antagonist Mitigate Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain?

Read

U.S. News & World Report

College Application Deadlines That Extend Past May 1

Read

Yahoo

What Type of Anxiety Do You Suffer From?

Read

U.S. News & World Report

Augusta University Opens Long-Awaited Nurse-Run Clinic

Read

MEAWW

Sri Lanka bombings: Is ISIS moving its base from the Middle East to South Asia?

Read

WRDW

Is Georgia seeing an outbreak of Hepatitis A?

Read

Georgia researchers reverse mental decline in diabetic mice

Read

Psychology Today

Living in a Digital World with a Stone Age Brain

Read

Forbes

Universities With Summer Application Deadlines: You Can Still Start In Fall 2019

Read

MEAWW

With measles outbreak declared a health emergency in two states, should we brace for far worse infections?

Read

https://jagwire.augusta.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/usnewsworld.jpg

Coping With Different Types of Depression

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Metro Atlanta’s young entrepreneurs building opportunities for each other

Read

Washington Examiner

Trump has more women as top advisers than Obama, Bush, or Clinton

Read

Reuters

Breast cancer risk tied to DDT varies by exposure timing

Read

Psychology Today

Should Self-Driving Cars Spare People Over Pets?

Read

The Telegraph

Cancer patients with mental health problems less likely to survive, study suggests

Read

TRTWorld

UNDERSTANDING PTSD: Have we got it wrong?

Read

U.S. News & World Report

Medical School Pushes Plan for More Doctors in Rural Georgia

Read

WalletHub

Best Balance Transfer Credit Cards of 2019

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opinion: Ga. moving to put patients first in healthcare

Read

Men's Health

How You Can Save A Victim of A Gunshot Wound

Read

Becker's Hospital Review

102 women in health IT to know | 2019

Read

WebMD

Primatene Mist Coming Back; Some Docs Concerned

Read

ScienMag

New Treatment Target Emerging For Retinal Damage

Read

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia campus round-up

Read

Yahoo Finance

6 Ways to Save More for Retirement

Read

Forbes

Protecting Humanity In The Face Of Artificial Intelligence

Read

Reuters

Few U.S. teens get enough fiber

Read

Men's Health

The 10 Best Essential Oils for Stress

Read

Becker's Hospital Review

143 women leaders of hospitals and health systems | 2018

Read

USA Today

Investing: How to teach kids about money and stocks

Read

Psychology Today

#N/A

Read

Reuters

Meditation may help ease veterans' PTSD symptoms

Read

Men's Health

What You Should Know Before Trying the Paleo Diet?

Read

USA Today

Brian Kemp declares victory in Georgia governor race as Stacey Abrams waits for results

Read

Yahoo

The 40 Best Ways to Lose Weight—and Keep It Off

Read

NBC News

Republican politics worsens U.S. doctor shortage

Read

Reader's Digest

Classic Home Remedies With New Benefits

Read

MyFitnessPal

5 Solutions to Overcome Injuries, Weight Gain, Burnout and More

Read

Forbes

Top 10 Low-Profile, High-Value Colleges

Read

Metro Atlanta CEO

Former Commander of NSA Georgia to Lead Georgia Cyber Center

Read

Augusta Chronicle

Augusta's opioid problem very real, say healthcare officials at forum

Read

Men's Journal

How Drinking Baking Soda Could Ease Sore Muscles (Yes, You Read That Right)

Read

Media Resources