Discovering Innovative Solutions To the Most Pressing Health Concerns Facing The World
01.23.20
With: Lawrence Gostin By: BBC Newshour Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service (21:14)
01.23.20
MEDIA CONTACT: Karen Teber / km463@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (January 23, 2020) – Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, decided not to declare the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Georgetown University global health security […]
01.22.20
With: Lawrence Gostin By: The Wall Street Journal Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/taiwan-virus-case-highlights-chinese-efforts-to-exclude-taipei-from-world-health-organization-11579634031
01.22.20
With: Lawrence Gostin By: Radio Melbourne Link: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/worldtoday/virus-continues-to-spread-from-central-china/11889218
12.06.19
With: Regina LaBelle By: Government Technology Link: https://www.govtech.com/health/Data-Key-to-Pennsylvanias-Drop-in-Opioid-Related-Fatalities.html
11.27.19
With: Regina LaBelle By: NPR Link: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/27/783223378/feds-may-pursue-criminal-charges-against-opioid-makers
11.19.19
CONTACT: Johan Marulanda / jm3245@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2019, WASHINGTON, D.C. | Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise in the United States. From 2013 to 2017, there was a 22% increase in chlamydia cases, a 67% increase in gonorrhea cases, and an 80% increase in cases of syphilis. While great strides […]
11.11.19
With: Regina LaBelle By: TIME Link: https://time.com/5721720/china-fentanyl-convictions/
11.11.19
With: Lawrence Gostin By: Kaiser Family Foundation Link: https://www.kff.org/news-summary/global-health-experts-propose-global-action-plan-to-combat-low-immunization-rates-in-lancet-id-opinion-piece/
11.06.19
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Nov. 6, 2019; 23.30 UK time / 6:30pm ET CONTACT: Karen Teber / km463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON D.C. – In the midst of a “public health crisis of under-immunization,” leading global health experts in law and infectious diseases have developed an action plan to increase global vaccination uptake based on scientific evidence, ethics, and […]