Memorial Day is our most solemn national holiday. Though current service members and military veterans are often prominent in the ceremonies, the real purpose of the day is to honor America’s war dead. And the ranks of those dead are still growing. At Georgia Health News, we find it interesting how the tragedy of war…
Former President Jimmy Carter, who is both a pre-eminent citizen of Georgia and a history-making figure in international public health, announced Wednesday that he has cancer. Carter, 90, had surgery earlier this month to remove a small mass from his liver. Tests showed that it was malignant and that the cancer had spread to other…