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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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Statement by the Honorable Mark Dybul, MD, to Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
June 30, 2020 Statement, as Submitted, by the Honorable Mark Dybul, MDProfessor of Medicine and Co-Director, Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, Georgetown University Medical Center Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: COVID-19 and US International Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention and Response Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Menendez and members of the Committee: It is […]
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Georgetown Global Health Experts Provide Guidance on COVID-19 at Protests
WASHINGTON (June 11, 2020) — As protests against racial injustice continue around the United States and around the world, the Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) has published guidance and social media infographics that are available for free to organizers, governments and individuals to proactively take steps to minimize the risk of COVID-19. The […]
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Early-life Education Improves Memory in Old Age — Especially for Women
WASHINGTON (June 5, 2020) — Education appears to protect older adults, especially women, against memory loss, according to a study by investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center, published in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. The results suggest that children — especially girls — who attend school for longer will have better memory abilities in […]
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New Georgetown Report Highlights Health Disparities and Calls for Racial Equity in the District of Columbia
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Nilotinib Appears Safe and Affects Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2020) — A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer’s disease finds that it is safe and well-tolerated, and researchers say the drug should be tested in a larger study to further determine its safety and efficacy as a potential disease-modifying strategy. The results […]
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Unique “Home Built” Device Provides Fast Disease Analysis in Kidneys Affected by Diabetes
WASHINGTON (May 28, 2020) — The amount of scarring in damaged kidneys as a result of diabetes or acute injury is a key factor in determining treatment. But it has not been possible, using traditional techniques, to quickly and accurately assess how widespread this kind of wounding extends within the organ. Now, however, a physicist […]
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