AJC Investigations

RISKY MEDICINE

Who’s providing alternative medicine in Georgia, and what they can, can’t do

Georgia law limits the scope of practice for healthcare providers, including those at IV clinics, med spas and alternative medicine clinics.

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Why you will have problems checking out your Georgia doctor

A doctor's felony conviction is required to be posted on the medical board website, but the information is missing and other facts are inaccurate, the AJC found.

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Underfunded Georgia medical board does little to stop doctors who cross the line

Georgia's medical board can't keep up with its responsibilities, including investigating complaints and overseeing doctors with multiple malpractice payouts.

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Welcome to Georgia, where questionable therapies flourish with little oversight

Hundreds of Georgia wellness clinics promote unproven treatments with little oversight from one of the nation’s weakest medical boards, an AJC investigation found.

AltMed - Chelation
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Tennessee cracked down on a questionable therapy. Georgia gave its doctors a home.

Two doctors ran afoul of the DOJ after moving to Georgia from Tennessee so they could use chelation, a treatment for removing heavy metals, as a cure-all and billed Medicare.

Altmed - Part 3
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Desperate patients seek cures, leave with debt and regret

An AJC investigation found some Georgia alternative medicine clinics marketing unproven treatments and costly supplements to desperate patients.

Alt Med - Part 4
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Atlanta clinic promoting unconventional medicine has controversial history

Social media and marketing have built Progressive Medical Center into one of the most prominent alternative medical clinics in Georgia, if not the entire Southeast

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AJC INVESTIGATION

Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy

How covering the world in carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay.

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WATCH ONLINE

Watch the FRONTLINE (PBS) documentary on the investigation

“Contaminated: The Carpet Industry’s Toxic Legacy,” an investigation in partnership with the AJC, AP, AL.com and The Post & Courier

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From AL.com: Georgia carpet empire’s forever chemicals polluted Alabama drinking water

Residents in Gadsden, other Alabama communities downstream blame Dalton’s carpet capital for contaminated water.

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Read the full investigative report and previous AJC coverage

In 'Forever Stained,' The AJC partnered with four other newsrooms to report on forever chemicals and the carpet industry.

More Investigations
New MARTA train launch postponed

MARTA train maker stumbled in other cities. Officials say it paid off.

Altmed - Part 3
RISKY MEDICINE

Desperate patients seek cures, leave with debt and regret

Alt Med - Part 4
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Atlanta clinic promoting unconventional medicine has controversial history

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Nurses concerned about Georgia medical board’s announcement on IV clinics

AltMed - Risky Medicine
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Welcome to Georgia, where questionable therapies flourish with little oversight

AltMed - Chelation
RISKY MEDICINE

Tennessee cracked down on a questionable therapy. Georgia gave its doctors a home.

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson at his election night watch party for the 2026 Georgia primary elections

Landscaper gets second chance at benefits in case against Rick Jackson

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Northwest Georgia voters want accountability from ‘forever chemicals’ polluters

Election 2026 Georgia Governor

A landscaper’s injury intensifies immigration talk in Georgia governor’s race

Hoschton Census

This North Georgia city is among the fastest-growing in U.S., new Census data shows