WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 14, 2020 – In a new report commissioned by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), Georgetown global health experts say the success of any effort to redress pandemic preparedness failures demonstrated by COVID-19 requires a re-centering of governance that would include greater accountability, transparency, equity, participation and the rule of law. The report, Governance […]
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If your child is bilingual, learning additional languages later might be easier
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2017 — It is often claimed that people who are bilingual are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, the first study to examine bilingual and monolingual brains as they learn an additional language offers new evidence that supports this hypothesis, researchers say. The study, conducted at Georgetown University Medical Center and […]
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Zika Has Arrived, But Congress Has Not Allocated Ample Funding, Say Medical Experts
WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2016 – The Florida Department of Health, investigating non-travel related cases of Zika in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, has concluded “that a high likelihood exists that four cases are the result of local transmission.” Despite the advance warning of Zika’s approach, Georgetown experts in infectious disease, public health law, health systems […]