All Posts: SARS-CoV-2
11 Articles
- News Release
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…
March 23, 2022
- News Release
Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Guide the Search for the Next SARS-like Virus
WASHINGTON (January 10, 2022) — An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has demonstrated the power of artificial intelligence to predict which…
January 10, 2022
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Statement from Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH, on FDA Approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
WASHINGTON (August 23, 2021) — Today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved the two-dose COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH,…
August 23, 2021
- News Release
Vaccines Alone May Not Be Enough to End Pandemic
WASHINGTON (March 18, 2021) — Even as vaccines are becoming more readily available in the U.S., protecting against the asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread of the virus -…
March 18, 2021
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Shutting Down COVID-19 Virus’s Destructive Proteins with Aerosolized Molecules
WASHINGTON (November 13, 2020) — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have successfully used molecules comprised of small strands of RNA to shut down the…
November 13, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Georgetown Applying Patented Technology to Develop Fast and Accurate COVID-19 Test
(August 6, 2020) — After studying the results of a myriad of diagnostic tests used around the world for the virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, Georgetown University…
August 6, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Medical Student Makes a Difference by Donating Convalescent Plasma
(July 17, 2020) — When Tanvee Singh (M’22) started feeling sick in March, she thought her asthma was acting up. As her symptoms worsened, she was diagnosed with COVID-19, the…
July 17, 2020
- GUMC Stories
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
- News Release
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…
May 7, 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