All Posts: News Release

• Dearth of Medical Resources in Africa for COVID-19 Reminiscent of Early HIV/AIDS Pandemic

  WASHINGTON (May 7, 2020) — “We have seen this before.” Global health scholars have issued a clarion call about the needless loss of life expected because of a foreseeable prospect of “slow and inadequate access to supplies” to control COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. They say what is unfolding now is similar to when lifesaving diagnostics […]

  Category: News Release Tags: Africa, COVID-19, global health, infectious disease, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2

• Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Collaborate on COVID-19 Antibody Study

  WASHINGTON (May 7, 2020) — Georgetown University Medical Center, in collaboration with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is conducting a study to test for antibodies in two groups of people with increased vulnerability to COVID-19: hospital workers and those with cancer. The FDA has approved (under an emergency use authorization) only a few tests produced commercially […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, biomedical research, cancer, COVID-19, immune response, infectious disease, SARS-CoV-2

• From Immunity Passports to Vaccination Certificates for COVID-19: Scientific, Equitable and Legal Challenges

  WASHINGTON (May 4, 2020) — As governments from countries including the U.S., Germany, Italy and the U.K. explore the possibility of issuing so-called “immunity passports,” a leading global health and legal scholar warns that such action poses significant practical, equitable and legal issues. In contrast, if and when a vaccine is developed, vaccination certificates will […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, global health, immunity passports, infectious disease, vaccination

• NIH Awards $24.3M to Georgetown and Howard Universities to Support Clinical and Translational Research

  WASHINGTON (May 1, 2020) — The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) has received a $24.3 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, a part of the National Institutes of Health. The competitive renewal represents the third 5-year award for the center, which has secured […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical education, biomedical research, CTSA, diversity, funding awards, GHUCCTS, health disparities, partnerships

• Georgetown Lombardi Launches COVID-19 Antibody Study in People with Cancer

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, cancer, cancer research, COVID-19, Georgetown Lombardi, SARS-CoV-2

• Top Global Health Experts Release Action Plan: COVID-19: A Global Pandemic Demands a Global Response

  WASHINGTON (April 23, 2020) — Some of the world’s foremost experts in global health say a comprehensive global response can defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, but the time to act is now. In a comprehensive white paper (COVID-19: A Global Pandemic Demands a Global Response) available today on the Georgetown University website, Georgetown professor and the […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, big data, Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, COVID-19, global health, machine learning, pandemic

• Pressure to Endorse Use of Unproven Drugs for COVID-19 Threatens Public Confidence

  WASHINGTON (April 16, 2020) — The widespread use of experimental treatments for COVID-19, including the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, represents “ill-advised and uncontrolled human experimentation with unproven treatments,” say two former FDA chief scientists. Furthermore, political pressure or advocacy for specific experimental treatments, such as that surrounding the issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization […]

  Category: News Release Tags: chloroquine, clinical trials, COVID-19, experimental treatments, hydroxychloroquine

• A Three-Step Plan to Aid with COVID-19 Supply Shortage

  WASHINGTON (March 26, 2020) — Two public health experts propose that the U.S. government undertake a three-step plan to aid in managing the supply of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak. “Governors and hospital CEOs should not be left to try to find PPE supplies on their own,” write Jesse Goodman, MD, MPH, and […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, personal protective equipment, public health

• COVID-19 Frontline Guide for Local Decision-Makers

  Webinar on Monday, March 30, to Review Guide and Actions WASHINGTON (March 24, 2020) — Successful suppression of COVID-19 in the United States will require urgent and decisive action by state, local and community leaders across the country. To support effective decision-making, top global health security leaders have released a COVID-19 Frontline Guide. Developed in […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, Center for Global Health Science and Security, COVID-19, global health, public health

• Adding Smoking Cessation to Lung Cancer Screening Can Reduce Mortality by 14%

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, lung cancer, lung cancer screening, smoking, smoking cessation