Chagas disease, an infectious parasitic disease spread by insects known as “kissing bugs,” is becoming increasingly prominent in the United States, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease...

Florida announced Sept. 3rd that it plans to become the first state in the country to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including those required for public school students.  The decision, made by Governor...

Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky — chief of pediatric, adolescent and young adult hematology and oncology at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and professor of oncology at the Georgetown School of Medicine...

Researchers in Georgetown University School of Medicine (SOM) professor Alejandro Villagra’s lab are continuing novel research into changes with aging in the biology of certain immune cells and their...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are planning to launch a pilot program Jan. 1, 2026, in an effort to remove “wasteful spending” from the programs in six different states. Georgetown faculty and...

A Maryland resident was diagnosed with myiasis, a parasitic infestation caused by the flesh-eating New World screwworm (NWS) larvae, as confirmed on Aug. 4 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The...

A Georgetown University global health and health economics professor encouraged the use of indicators to assess the performance of health systems at a Sept. 3 event. This event was the first of 12 Health...

A collaborative research project between Georgetown University’s Maillard Lab and Wang Lab investigates nervous system function through the lens of protein experiments. The Wang Lab in the department...

Doctors in Guangzhou, China, transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time Aug. 25, highlighting the potential of xenotransplantation to transform medical care. The...