The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared March 20 that Candida auris, a deadly fungus, is now an urgent threat to U.S. healthcare facilities, where it can transmit easily from patient...
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $2 million grant to Georgetown researchers to continue HIV surveillance and to develop a secure data-sharing tool for public health...
Georgetown researchers published a study questioning the prevalent theory of Alzheimer’s development in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration on Oct. 31.
The research, led by investigators at the...
President Barack Obama appointed Georgetown University adjunct professor Ron Klain (CAS ’83) to head the United States’ response to the Ebola outbreak Friday, affecting his role on campus this semester.
"When...
Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month revealed that 1.1 million people in the United States are currently living with HIV, with the number of new infections remaining...
The case of meningitis that led to the death of Andrea Jaime (NHS ’17) on Tuesday was bacterial, Assistant Vice President for Student Health Services Jim Welsh confirmed in a meeting with Jaime’s...
The Ebola crisis in western Africa has prompted the postponement of "The Future of Development and Business in Africa," an Aug. 4 forum that was to feature Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
The...
An undergraduate student at Georgetown was recently diagnosed with mumps, Assistant Vice President for Student Health Services James C. Welsh announced to the campus community Tuesday.
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