Allen Siegler

Allen Siegler

Reporter, Healthbeat Atlanta

Allen Siegler is one of Healthbeat’s local reporters in Atlanta. Before joining Healthbeat, Allen was the public health reporter at Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit investigative newsroom covering issues in West Virginia. In that role, he covered issues like occupational safety, gun violence and the overdose epidemic. He earned his Master of Public Health degree at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2022. 

Flu and RSV are on their way down as winter turns to spring, but wastewater data are showing higher levels of Covid.

Flu hospitalizations have decreased dramatically since early February.

A study published in January examined some of the potential mental health effects of the current political climate.

Health officials have detected high levels of whooping cough cases since 2024.

Flu cases appear to be decreasing, while RSV and Covid-19 infections may be increasing.

The local health department hopes to build a new South Cobb Public Health Center, but $3 million of federal funding has yet to be approved.

In mid-February, metro Atlanta doctors said they were treating more flu cases than they had seen in years.

Dr. Roy Benaroch explains how measles can spread, what short-term and long-term effects measles can have on children, and what steps parents can take to keep their kids and communities healthy.

Dr. Mark Griffiths, an Atlanta pediatrician, said he has seen flu cases rising in children of all ages.