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Georgetown Announces Master’s Program in Addiction Policy and Practice
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Misconceptions About Weather and Seasonality Impact COVID-19 Response
WASHINGTON (August 27, 2020) — Misconceptions about the way climate and weather impact exposure and transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, create false confidence and have adversely shaped risk perceptions, say a team of Georgetown University researchers. “Future scientific work on this politically-fraught topic needs a more careful approach,” write the scientists in […]
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COVID-19 Symptom Tracker Ensures Privacy During Isolation
WASHINGTON (August 13, 2020) — An online COVID-19 symptom tracking tool developed by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center ensures a person’s confidentiality while being able to actively monitor their symptoms. The tool is not proprietary and can be used by entities that are not able to develop their own tracking systems. Identifying and monitoring […]
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Gulf War Illness and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Distinct Illnesses, Georgetown Study Suggests
WASHINGTON (August 10, 2020) — A brain imaging study of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis), has shown that the two illnesses produce distinctly different, abnormal patterns of brain activity after moderate exercise. The result of the Georgetown University Medical Center study suggests that […]
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Georgetown Physician Calls for Formal Inquiry Into U.S. Handling of COVID-19
WASHINGTON (August 5, 2020) — A complete understanding of how the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a public health disaster will require a full investigation akin to the 9/11 Commission, says a Georgetown University physician, writing in a BMJ Opinion published today. The author, Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, FAAFP, is professor of family […]
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A Global Plan for Parasite Conservation
Parasites are unseen heroes that maintain ecosystem stability; they are scarcely studied and highly threatened by global change, and now there is a global plan to conserve them. (August 1, 2020) — Parasites are found in every ecosystem and play important roles in nutrient cycling, wildlife population control, and ecosystem stability. They are threatened not […]
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NHS Professor Part of Global Collaboration Behind New COVID-19 Legal Database
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New COVID-19 Policy Mapping Tool and Database Released to Help Inform Decision-making
WASHINGTON (July 16, 2020) — Amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and in anticipation of outbreaks intensifying over the summer, the experts behind COVID-Local.org have launched a new policy mapping tool and comprehensive database. The tool allows community and national leaders to measure their phased reopening and ongoing local disease spread against the impact of […]
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Menthol Cigarette Ban in the U.S. May Lower Number of Smokers
WASHINGTON (July 8, 2020) — Extending the United States cigarette flavor ban to include menthol products could encourage existing smokers to quit and lower the rates of people starting to smoke, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. Under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the […]
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Public Health Physicians: Four Measures Needed to Ensure Public Trust, Safety in COVID-19 Vaccine Development
WASHINGTON (July 6, 2020) — Public health experts are outlining four key safeguards necessary during the development of a COVID-19 vaccine that will ensure the public can trust that an approved vaccine is safe and effective. Writing in JAMA, the trio say that while vaccine development is moving at unprecedented speed, a growing movement of […]
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