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Dr. Michael Muench stands in the Atlanta Field Trip Health office

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  • Health

When traditional antidepressants fail, some depressed patients seek relief with ketamine

Ketamine, a Schedule III non-narcotic substance, has been available to licensed prescribers since the 1970s. Since then, multiple studies have shown ketamine helps some depression patients who feel as though they’ve tried everything else. 

June 01, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Dr. Jonathan Lewin

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  • Health Care

Emory chief stepping down, praised for 'tremendous contribution'

Dr. Jonathan Lewin is stepping down as Emory Healthcare CEO and chairman after six years — a period that saw strong growth in the Atlanta-based system.

November 16, 2021
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By:
  • Andy Miller
Humza Mirza (left) is the managing partner of Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business student-run Peachtree Minority Venture Fund and Willie Sullivan is founding partner of the fund.

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  • Business

Most venture capital doesn't get to underrepresented groups. This Emory fund aims to change that

Just 3% of venture capital in the United States goes to underrepresented minority entrepreneurs. Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business is looking to change that dynamic with a new student-led venture capital fund.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington
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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  • 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
Rose Horton sits at a desk and looks at a computer screen

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  • Health

Ga. Nurse Joins National Task Force Pushing Against 'Dangerous' Black Maternal Health Inequity

A Georgia nurse has been named to a Biden administration panel looking at the issue of Black maternal mortality. 

June 11, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Dr. Allan Levey stands in the doorway of an office.

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  • Health

Emory's New Institute Brings Personalized Medicine To Dementia, Brain Diseases

Researchers at Emory University's Brain Health Center hope to better understand the root causes of dementia diseases such as Alzheimer's and mental health disorders such as depression by examining individual patients' biological, medical and lifestyle factors.

Dr. Allan Levey is leading the Brain Health Personalized Medicine Institute at Emory University.

June 07, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2014, file photo, a person walks through a Merck company building, in Kenilworth, N.J.

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  • Health

Drug Discovered By Emory Docs Expected To Help COVID-19 Patients In India

A drug developed at Emory University will now be manufactured by Merck in India. The hope is to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the country, whose health system is on the verge of collapse.

April 28, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
The campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta. The college announced it would require all students to get the vaccine for COVID-19 before class begins fall 2021.

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  • Education

5 Private Georgia Colleges To Require Vaccines For Students

Five Atlanta-area private colleges will require students to have received COVID-19 vaccinations before class begins next fall. 

April 20, 2021
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  • Associated Press
People hold Chinese and American flags as they wait for President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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  • Education

‘Don’t Invent Any Viruses’: Atlanta-Area Asian Students Face Rise In Hate Speech

Racist encounters have become increasingly common for Asian American and international students in the era of President Donald Trump, with hate speech intensifying ever since the novel coronavirus arrived in the United States in early 2020, students at Emory University in Atlanta told GPB News.

December 11, 2020
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  • Eva Rothenberg
Moderna vaccine

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  • Health

‘A Great Day For Science’: Emory Doctors Celebrate, Mark Role In COVID-19 Vaccine

Doctors at Emory University on Monday celebrated the news from biotech company Moderna that its COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5% effective, saying the breakthrough is a historic day for science and that the next frontier will be to convince Americans to take it when the vaccine becomes available.

November 16, 2020
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  • Wayne Drash
Dr. Anthony Fauci

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  • Health

In Clash With White House, Fauci Says Science, Not Politics, Dictates COVID-19 Vaccine

The nation’s leading infectious disease doctor issued a strong rebuke of the White House on Thursday, saying he would not support political meddling in the rush to make a coronavirus vaccine available to the American public.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Wayne Drash and
  • Sarah Rose
Norman Hulme

'It's An Honor' Says Local COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participant

When Norman Hulme heard Emory was opening its vaccine trial to people age 56 and over, he jumped at the chance. The 65-year-old grew up in New York, in...

July 22, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A woman wearing a mask due to coronavirus concerns walks by a public library, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • Health

Experts Say Georgians Need To Wear Masks: 'Saving Lives Is Not A Partisan Issue'

If you're going out to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, wear a mask. If you want to save the economy and prevent the need for shutting down the...

July 01, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Poultry farmer Dempsey Miford walks through his family's chicken house in Cumming, Georgia.

As Georgia Sees Highest Coronavirus Numbers Ever, Experts Say Poultry, Ag Workers Most At Risk

Over the weekend Georgia saw its largest spike in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, with experts warning about an alarming rise in the state's...

June 22, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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