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Ellen Eldridge

Ellen Eldridge is the senior health care reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting. Her work appears on Now Habersham through a reporting partnership with GPB News, a non-profit newsroom covering the state of Georgia. 
Health & Safety

Patient groups want antivirals available at no cost for high risk COVID patients

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Health & Safety

A newly approved medication can ease postpartum depression in as little as 3 days

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Health & Safety

Stronger opioid overdose reversal medicines worsen patients’ withdrawal symptoms

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Health & Safety

Former U.S. surgeon general says new ‘fentanyl fighter’ should be available without a prescription

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Health & Safety

Insured Georgians can access mental health, addiction treatment

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Health & Safety

The Alzheimer’s Association is funding $600K in Georgia. A new study is enrolling

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State & National News

Pioneering former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96

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Health & Safety

1 in 4 nursing homes use ‘chemical straitjackets’ to manage residents, US News & World Report says

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State & National News

UGA study looks at how many military families use food pantries

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Health & Safety

New CDC director wants to build relationships with lawmakers and restore trust in public health

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State & National News

New federal mental health parity rule matches Georgia’s moves to strengthen social safety net

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State & National News

Dialing 988 for mental health crisis reaches its first year. Here’s why you may not have heard

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Health & Safety

A clinical trial studies inhaled insulin for children

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Health & Safety

Health care workforce shortage in ‘state of emergency’ DBHDD commissioner says

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Health & Safety

Georgia now allows advanced directives for mental health

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State & National News

On World AIDS Day, Georgia leads the nation in new HIV cases — and Atlanta is a hot spot

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Health & Safety

GBI says brightly colored fentanyl pills have not been found in Georgia ahead of Halloween

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Health & Safety

Flu season may be worse this year with relaxed COVID-19 mitigation efforts, experts warn

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Health & Safety

As monkeypox cases slow, state health department is ‘cautiously optimistic’

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Health & Safety

Is reversing early-stage Alzheimer’s disease possible? A new study finds it may be

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