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News Articles: Emory School of Public Health

The LCP Chemicals Superfund Site, Feb. 7, 2024, Brunswick, GA.

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  • Health

Still more to learn about human exposure to toxic contaminants in Brunswick

A report from Emory University scientists shows some people in the Coastal Georgia city have been exposed to toxic chemicals left over from Superfund sites.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A group of people monitor wastewater in Fulton County, Georgia

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  • Health

Database helps track community levels of infectious disease using wastewater monitoring

In the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists realized the virus was shed in high quantities in wastewater, even though COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. Now, multiple pathogens are tracked.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health Care

Safe food, water. Less chronic disease. Affordable care. These are Georgians' priorities, poll says

The top three trusted sources for public health information are health care providers, doctors and nurses, and scientific research, according to a new poll from Gallup and Emory University.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge and
  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Health

Rising cases of diabetes in Georgia are linked to obesity, public health policy

Around 1 million people in the state have Type 2 Diabetes — and close to a quarter million more likely have it and don’t know, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Molnupiravir pills

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  • Health

Georgia Today: The Emory University lab behind what could be a gamechanging COVID-19 pill

Drug company Merck is awaiting word on its emergency use authorization application for its recently announced drug molnupiravir. If approved, the anti-viral drug developed at a lab at Emory University could become the first-ever pill to treat COVID-19. The latest Georgia Today podcast examines the journey that led to this potential breakthrough and its connection to Emory. 

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Emory

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  • Health

Promising COVID pill cuts hospitalizations and death in half. Atlanta's Emory University invented it

Researchers at Atlanta’s Emory University were the ones who invented a promising antiviral drug in the fight against COVID-19 — a pill that pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said on Friday reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus.

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Wayne Drash
Emory University Hospital Main

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  • Health Care

‘Wake Up People!’ Emory, Georgia’s Largest Health System, Sees COVID-19 Cases Jump 5X Since June

The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized inside Emory Healthcare has jumped nearly fivefold since early June, straining the state’s largest health system as its doctors, nurses and staff work around-the-clock tending to sick patients, according to data shown to GPB News. 

July 24, 2020
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By:
  • Wayne Drash and
  • Ellen Eldridge

What You Need To Know: A Children's Book On COVID-19

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s new series What You Need To Know: Coronavirus provides succinct, fact-based information to help you get through the...

May 20, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is the most effective prevention for HIV transmission.

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  • News

How Realistic Is Trump's Proposal To End HIV By 2030? Emory University Researcher Answers

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Georgia has the highest rate of new Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV) infections...

March 11, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

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