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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 Committee,…

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 to…

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

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New Drug Prevents Liver Damage, Obesity and Glucose Intolerance in Mice on High-Fat Diet

January 21, 2020

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Global Health Security Experts See Challenges With Screening Airline Passengers from China for Virus

WASHINGTON (January 17, 2020) — Georgetown University global health experts say the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to screen airline passengers…

January 17, 2020

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Subject Matter Experts

WASHINGTON — Georgetown University professors offer expertise for journalists seeking interviews in a variety of subjects related to COVID-19 (previously known as 2019-nCoV…

January 17, 2020

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Neurologic Drug Combined with Blood Pressure Medicine Reduces Breast Tumor Development in Mice

December 30, 2019

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Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hackensack Meridian Health Join New York Genome Center as Associate Members

December 19, 2019