All Posts:infectious disease

• Treatment and Prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished Business

  As the world marks World AIDS Day on December 1, infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, MD, and his colleague Greg Folkers, MS, MPH, highlight advances made in the treatment and prevention of HIV that could finally end the pandemic, but caution the global community not to miss this opportunity.

  Category: News Release Tags: AIDS, global health, HIV, infectious disease, research

• IFRC and Georgetown Global Health Center Create Research-based Collaboration

  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) today announce a new collaboration aimed at harnessing each organization’s strengths with the goal to alleviate or prevent human suffering caused by threats from infectious diseases.

  Category: News Release Tags: Center for Global Health Science and Security, global health, infectious disease, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• Dr. Anthony Fauci To Join Georgetown Faculty as Distinguished University Professor

  After dedicating 54 years of his life to public service, Dr. Anthony Fauci has chosen Georgetown University to play a major role in the next phase of his career.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: infectious disease, new faculty appointment, School of Medicine

• Researchers Find Humans Have Given Wild Animals Their Diseases Nearly 100 Times

  WASHINGTON (March 23, 2022) — An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that humans might give viruses back to animals more often than previously understood. In a study published March 22 in Ecology Letters (“Assessing the risk of human-to-wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health”), the authors describe nearly […]

  Category: News Release Tags: infectious disease, pandemic, research, SARS-CoV-2, spillback

• Commonly Used Antibiotic Shows Promise for Combating Zika Infections

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical research, global health, infectious disease, mosquito borne disease, Zika

• Misconceptions About Weather and Seasonality Impact COVID-19 Response

  WASHINGTON (August 27, 2020) — Misconceptions about the way climate and weather impact exposure and transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, create false confidence and have adversely shaped risk perceptions, say a team of Georgetown University researchers. “Future scientific work on this politically-fraught topic needs a more careful approach,” write the scientists in […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, infectious disease, seasonality

• COVID-19 Symptom Tracker Ensures Privacy During Isolation

  WASHINGTON (August 13, 2020) — An online COVID-19 symptom tracking tool developed by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center ensures a person’s confidentiality while being able to actively monitor their symptoms. The tool is not proprietary and can be used by entities that are not able to develop their own tracking systems. Identifying and monitoring […]

  Category: News Release Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 symptom tracking tool, infectious disease, pandemic, public health

• 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