All Posts: 2019 Novel Coronavirus

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NHS Alumna, Now Texas Family Nurse Practitioner, Sees COVID-19’s Impact on Cardiac Care

July 22, 2020

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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…

July 16, 2020

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Conditional Reprogramming: A Novel Way to Study the Novel Coronavirus

(July 8, 2020) — Even during the early days of the pandemic, it was apparent that some patients with COVID-19 develop multisystem problems in addition to respiratory. …

July 9, 2020

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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…

July 6, 2020

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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…

June 30, 2020

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Facing Their Greatest Test, Medical School Graduates Prepare to Enter the Fray

(May 17, 2020) — It’s a highly unusual time to be graduating from medical school. Just ask this year’s 187 graduates of Georgetown’s School of Medicine, who are making…

May 17, 2020

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Automated COVID-19 Research Tracking Tool Wins International Data Challenge

Competition Recognizes Six Tools that Visualize Critical Virus-Related Findings WASHINGTON (May 15, 2020) — A new online tool that gathers and organizes COVID-19 research and…

May 15, 2020

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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…

May 7, 2020

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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,”…

May 4, 2020

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Everything Old is New Again: Repurposing Drugs Against COVID-19

(April 30, 2020) — Time is of the essence. With thousands of new cases of COVID-19 being diagnosed worldwide along with hundreds of deaths each day as the first wave of the…

April 30, 2020