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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…

August 13, 2020

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Georgetown Physician Calls for Formal Inquiry Into U.S. Handling of COVID-19

WASHINGTON (August 5, 2020) — A complete understanding of how the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a public health disaster will require a full investigation akin to…

August 5, 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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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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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 …

June 11, 2020

GUMC Stories

COVID-19 and DC Black Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

April 28, 2020

GUMC Stories

Medical Students Mobilize Swiftly to Organize Donations of Protective Equipment

(March 27, 2020) — Immediately upon learning that their clinical activities would be on hold due to COVID-19, a group of Georgetown School of Medicine students began checking…

March 27, 2020

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A Three-Step Plan to Aid with COVID-19 Supply Shortage

WASHINGTON (March 26, 2020) — Two public health experts propose that the U.S. government undertake a three-step plan to aid in managing the supply of personal protective…

March 26, 2020

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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

GUMC Stories

New Master’s Program Explores Societal Influences on Health

(February 26, 2020) — Medicine today is said to be “evidence-based” — practiced on the basis of cumulative clinical studies. But for the physicians and researchers…

February 26, 2020