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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…

March 24, 2020

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

March 9, 2020

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Understanding the Link Between Nicotine Use and Misuse of “Benzos”

WASHINGTON (February 26, 2020) — Studies have correlated a relationship between smoking or vaping nicotine with misuse of other substances, such as alcohol and prescription…

February 26, 2020

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Do Authoritarian Regimes Have an Advantage in an Outbreak Response?

WASHINGTON (February 13, 2020) — In an effort to control the COVID-19 outbreak (previously known as 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease), China rapidly shut down a market in…

February 13, 2020

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Majority of Veterans with GWI Report Moderate/Severe Fatigue, Sleep and Pain Symptoms

WASHINGTON (February 5, 2020) — An online survey of nearly 500 veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) suggests a high burden of disease almost three decades after the conflict.…

February 5, 2020

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“No Time to Lose”; Georgetown Global Health Experts React to PHEIC Declaration

WASHINGTON (January 30, 2020) — This afternoon, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency, …

January 30, 2020

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“Global Action Plan” Urgently Needed to Bring the 2019-nCoV Under Control, Say Georgetown Global Health Experts

WASHINGTON (January 30, 2020) — The World Health Organization should facilitate a multidisciplinary committee to develop a “global action plan” to help bring the 2019-nCoV…

January 30, 2020

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Georgetown Global Health Experts Weigh in on WHO Decision to Not Declare PHEIC

WASHINGTON (January 23, 2020) — Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, decided not…

January 23, 2020

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Georgetown Global Health Experts Comment on WHO’s Delayed PHEIC Decision and Wuhan Transportation Shutdown

WASHINGTON (January 22, 2020) — This afternoon, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced a delay in his decision on whether or not to…

January 22, 2020

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Gut Bacteria May Be One Culprit for Increase of Colorectal Cancer in Younger People

January 21, 2020